#kitsune mythology

[atlantean-studies]

[solacebean]

Quick Joel design to go along with the rest of my Creechurs

[ex0skeletal-undead]

Kitsune, sculpture by Ellen Jewett

[thestalkerbunny]

I'm not caught up on kitsune lore, actually.

You have come to the right place, my friend.

All I think about is weird fox based lore.

We'll cover the 3 big ones of Japan, Korea and China.

THE FOX BREAK DOWN.

WHY THE FOX?

The fox in many cultures-in this case countries residing in the Eastern areas of the world-have been symbols of mystery, trickery, transformation and deception. This may account to the fact a fox is naturally a very fast and intelligent animal, that is rather nocturnal and has a way to always evade danger that it finds itself in. They're problem solvers. They also scream like women in distress. Or when they're happy-they scream like cars trying to rev up.

THE KITSUNE: Japanese messanger of the gods and local nuisence

The most popular of foxes in media, art and story, the Kitsune story comes from Japan. It has been the subject of movies, games, animes, mangas and even folk tales for generation. To put it simply, a Kitsune is a fox that possesses paranormal abilities. People already believed that foxes were supernatural in general-but with time and age, they'd grow smarter and wiser. A kitsune grows a new tail for every 100 years it lives-with those that have 9 tails being very powerful and with 10 tails earned, will ascend into GODHOOD.

-sound familiar to someone you might know?-

Kitsune and humans have always lived together and gotten along mostly. Fox Urine actually repels rats-so stones soaked in the urine of foxes would be placed near fields; which most likely led to people finding foxes sacred and becoming a symbol of the Japanese Deity, Inari Okami-the God of agriculture-and eventually being regarded as their messengers.

Kitsunes had the ability to shape shift-often doing so into beautiful women (and sometimes men depending on the story) and getting themselves married, but usually getting run off by their spouses' dogs (which they are afraid of) They also have a tendency to reveal themselves when they get drunk or are careless as the tails are the one part of themselves they can't hide properly (which is tricky if you got 9 of 'em.) Beautiful women with certain face structures and high cheek bones are often called 'fox faced'

Kitsune can be good or evil-some of the more wicked ones going out of their way to possesse humans and have to be exorcised to free them.

THE KUMHIO: Korea's nightmare manic pixie dream girl

The Kumhio is my personal favorite-hailing from Korean, the Kumhio (or Gumhio depending on spelling variation) is a fox similar to the Kitsune in many aspects. It's a very long lived 9 tail fox, it has supernatural powers of illusion, shapeshifting and magic. But the Kumhio is different in it's behavior. The Kumhio's favorite meal-unlike the tofu loving Kitsunes-is human livers. And they go about acquiring it in a very interesting way. They will become women (or men) and manage to get hitched up to whoever is most convenient and begin to systematically prey on everyone in the household. First the animals, then the servants, the family, and often times leaving the spouse for last. They are also known to dig up fresh graves to get the livers. They also sport something similar to the kitsune that was not mentioned-a Bead they keep inside their bodies that they can cough up. This is called a Fox Bead. Putting this bead in your mouth can give you IMMENSE knowledge of the sky land and seas. Often times this is only shared by the Kuhio via a sort of 'deep kiss' where it puts the ball in your mouth and then takes it back with it's long unnatural tongue. But most cases have been people trying to steal it/accidently swallowing it. Although humans are a Kumhio's prey-if a Kumhio abstains from killing and consuming a human for 1000 days, it too will become mortal and then can enjoy all mortal perks (getting married, sharing a life span with someone, not being a literal monster) They are sometimes in mythology (depending on who you ask and which variation of the story you read) regarded as a lesser creature, but still very very dangerous. I wouldn't wanna fuck around and find out with one of these puppies.

FAVORITE PIECE OF MEDIA INVOLVING A KUMHIO:

Laon, it's a great horror read, kinda short, but still great. I love it unironically.

THE HULI-JING: Your friendly neighborhood fox ghost

The Huli-Jing is another Fox Spirit, this time from China. Much like Japan, it has the same properties as the Kitsune; Supernaturally weird, crazy long lived, can become god, people tend to like them. Until they do fucked up stuff. One case had a huli-jing posesses an important woman in power and she and her husband while posessed basically started torturing and murdering people and starting a massive revolt against their dynasty. Unlike Kumhios who suck life essence from the mouth (and eat your liver) The Huli-Jing will go the Succubus route and.....steal semen. That's right, the foxes are turning into hot hot women and are stealing your life force via your jizz boys, keep it in your pants. But despite that, many villages in history love the Fox Spirit-a saying going as far as villages shouldn't be established without a fox spirit milling about. They're seemingly friendly provided you pay them the right respects. Many people would have in home shrined dedicated to them to make offerings right there.

TLDR: Foxes are fuckin' spooky, turnin into women, stealin' your semen, your liver and making your goddamn rice grow. fuckin' foxes doin' FOX SHIT.

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 52

So I’ve seen several catboy Danny prompts, but hear me out: All of Amity becoming so ecto-contaminated that everyone becomes something akin to a mythological creature. And Danny? He becomes a Nekomata- a two-tailed cat that was said to be able to shapeshift into humans for mischief, including straight up haunting people and stealing corpses. Vlad ends up a kitsune- which is already associated with taking on human forms to seduce people and with things such as foxfire and possession. Tucker ends up a sphinx sort of creature- “It’s not fair you guys can just float around while I have to figure out how to use these stupid wings when I could be coding!”- and Sam ends up a dryad of some sort, they aren’t entirely sure what but that’s what they joke it is so…

The people sent to investigate this city are more than slightly freaking out.

[shyblacksheep]

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[blackhholes]

teen wolf meme: [3/6] creatures -> kitsune

There are thirteen kinds of Kitsune: celestial, wild, ocean, thunder... But there is one, a dark Kitsune. They call it void, or Nogitsune.

[tenno-aster]

Gauss Prime is a Fox.

How did I come to this conclusion? By first looking at Gauss Prime's signature armor set, Doppline Prime Armor.

This is the chest armor of this set. It very clearly resembles the head of a fox. I was so curious as to why this could be. What association does Gauss' theme have with foxes? And what exactly does "Doppline" mean?

And then I remembered a line from the Gauss Prime Trailer.

Messengers of Gods. This seems fairly easy to interpret. One would quickly recall Hermes of Greek Mythology, famous for his incredible speed and being known as a "messenger" of the Olympians. But a "messenger of Gods" isn't an uncommon trope in various mythologies all around the world.

Connecting this fox motif to this line allowed me to recall a type of kitsune that served the kami (a spirit or god) Inari in Shintoism. Kitsune are (generally) known for their mischievous behavior (which we see in spades in the trailer) and their ability to shapeshift.

Then connecting this back to the Doppline Armor, I realized that Doppline is a portmanteau of "doppleganger" (a term often ascribed to a spirit that can assume the shape of a person, relating to kitsune shapeshifting) and vulpine ("having to do or related with foxes").

Gauss Prime is a celestial kitsune.

[blleackki]

My illustration from the zine @/maloviyua (X)

[hunterxmilo]

The nearby temple's trickster kitsune, Miles Edgeworth, and mountain oni, Phoenix Wright, secretly meet up by the river away from unseeing eyes every once in a while to spend some quality time together. Phoenix enjoys being able to see Miles' soft side compared to what he overhears villagers say about the "evil" shapeshifter whereas Miles is surprised a brutish looking being also holds a gentle side towards him.

(Normally blue oni are more calm and introverted and red oni are more brash and determined which would be more fitting for the passionate defense attorney but blue is just his color!)

I wanted to try another style of drawing and I got the great idea from a friend of mine to draw Wright and Edgeworth as Japanese mythology creatures! This gave me the inspiration to try making a piece that resembled old Japanese woodblock prints! I've done actual woodblock print art back when I was in college but with all the colors I want for this piece, going digital will make this process so much faster!

(If you've ever been interested in actual woodblock art making you should give it a try or watch the process online to see how much work gets put into this beautiful art technique!)

You can join my Patreon where I'll be posting WIP for future pieces!

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

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okay so . kitsune!geto is very much my most deranged sugu in the way he views the reader . his love is very very strange and also blurred between the lines and a lot of this stems from the way suguru is, but most of it stems from the fact that kitsune!geto is . (sort of (we’ll get into that)) a God. and with his character i really want to capture allll the fucked up aspects of godhood and a relation between a god and a human :3c basically, the power dynamic goes crazy . freudian dynamic goes crazy. i had a vision of him referring to you as ’my child’ because he’s this older, infinitely greater being and in his eyes you might as well be a fawn . he sees himself as your benefactor . but also you as his loyal devotee. but then he also very much sees you as his soulmate in a traditional sense — he believes you were born for him, made for him, in every single way.

….. so really he’s just kinda twisted. kitsune!geto also happens to have a very ambivalent and strange dynamic with his own god, who is sort of like a mother/mentor figure but then he also kind of suspects you’re a reincarnation of her (you are Not) so it’s just strange all around. above all else, you’re his beloved — that just isn’t a very good thing to be .

[cloud-ya]

little void fox

[michinarty]

INKTOBER 2024 • 30 - Kitsune•

[thirdlotusprince3]

[m00nb04rd5]

Illusion Demon!Jett Adara @jettthespeeddemon

[sugarkizzy]

— With memory of heart I surrounded Your dear portrait with forget-me-nots. —

Cr text: Marina Tsvetayeva "With memory of heart", Translation by Ilya Shambat