Kumiho

animal_ally earth Korean single tradition · 3

It is a fox spirit.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
1392 CE
Attested period
1392 – 2020
Historical notes
Appears in Korean novels of the Joseon dynasty.

Relationships

syncretized with
kitsune, hồ ly tinh, Jiuweihu

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Sources

Source passages

“Kumiho (Korean) – Fox spirit”

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“Kitsune, Huli Jing, hồ ly tinh and Kumiho (fox)”

#5290 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“As a result, kumiho is depicted almost exclusively as a demonic entity. In the 2021 animated film The Devil's Conqueror (Eoksoe Defeats Devil, 악마를 이긴 억쇠), for example, the devil character is identified with the kumiho.”

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