kitsune
nature_spirit earth Japanese single tradition · 3
The Japanese kitsune have been described as "fox fairies".
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Kodama, Mogwai, pari-pari, Peris, Tien, Yaksha, Jorōgumo, Kushtaka, Mujina, Bak, Nekomata, Boto Encantado, Mąʼii, Itachi, Tsuchigumo, hồ ly tinh, Kawauso, Lady White Snake, Ichchhadhari Nag, Yuxa, Pipa Jing, Selkie, Tanuki, Toyotama-hime, Tsuru Nyōbō, Kaeru Nyōbō, Hamaguri Nyōbō, Tako Nyōbō, Bakeneko, Yokai, bake-danuki, bakeneko yūjo, Al Ana
- manifests as
- fox fairies
- syncretized with
- Kumiho
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“The Chinese huli jing and the Japanese kitsune have both been described as "fox fairies".”
#4295 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“the ability of foxes (kitsune) to shapeshift into women, and the brutality of bake-danuki in eating humans depicted in the Kachi-kachi Yama folktale from the Edo period.”
#5809 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001