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Kitsune (狐 Kitsune, lit. Fox) are animals that can gain supernatural powers.
They are known by many names, such Yōko (妖狐 Yōko, lit. Yōkai Fox),
ych as Bake-Gitsune (化け狐 Bake-Gitsune, lit. Mons,tFox) or Henge-Gitsune (変化狐, lit Transform,ing Fox) or Yōkai-Gitsune (妖怪狐 Yōkai-Gitsune).
Description[]
Kitsune from the 1996 anime
Foxes are canids coming in a number of different fur colors, most commonly in tones of red to orange, but they have also come in black, white, gold, and silver. Magical foxes are indistinguishable from their non-magical kin by physical appearance. They are able to gain magical abilities as they grow older.
Hakusanbō's Yōko appeared in the form of humans with long silver hair, either straight or fuzzy, with two locks hanging in front of them. Their faces are covered with white fox masks that are tied around with string. They wear pale green yukatas with blue obi tied around their waists and sandals.[1]
Foxes gain a tail as they get older, until they become a Nine-Tailed Fox (九尾の狐 Kyūbi-no-Kitsune). They can become very powerful, some matching the level of gods.
Behavior[]
Classes & Ranks[]
Kitsune comes in mainly two classifications; the benevolent Zenko and the mischievous Yako.
Among the ranks are the Chiko, Kiko, Kūko, and Tenko.
History[]
The Great Yōkai War: Guardians: Side Story: Heian Hyakkitan[]
Numerous kitsune including several kitsune-Yōkai appeared in the final battle along with the legion of tanuki.[2]
Powers and Abilities[]
An example of transformations from the 1996 anime
Throughout the series, they have used various magical or supernatural abilities.
Shapeshifting: The general ability of the kitsune is the ability to shapeshift, similar to that of the Tanuki. The most common usage of this is by taking on anthropomorphic forms, if not outright fully human forms. Yako yet cannot perform transformations.
Fire Manipulation: Kitsune are able to manipulate fire to create strange lights in the sky or for offensive means such as by making fireballs to shoot their targets with.
- Fox Fire (狐火 Kitsunebi): The Kitsune can produce floating fireballs which can also be used as an attack.[3]
Teleportation: Some Kitsune can appear and disappear at will, where they can appear in the form of a fireball before revealing themself.[1]
List of Foxes[]
Other Media[]
Legend[]
Foxes appear in many mythologies across the world due to being found in many countries. One of the most prominent being in Asian myths, particularly in Chinese, (Huli-Jing) Japanese, (Kitsune) and Korean (Kumiho) Mythology. They are known under different names between countries.
Some prominent foxes of legend include Tamamo-no-Mae, an infamous kitsune who is considered one of the Three Great Yokai of Japan, and Kuzunoha, said to be the mother of Abe no Seimei in one of his origin stories.
Trivia[]
- Mizuki's illustration was based on The Third Kikugoō Ogami: Kyūgorō the White-Faced by Kuniyoshi Utagawa.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018): Episode 33
- ↑ Hirokazu Minemori, 2021, The Great Yōkai War: Guardians: Side Story: Heian Hyakkitan, p.262, Media Works Bunko, Kadokawa
- ↑ GeGeGe no Kitarō: Yōkai Sen Monogatari
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