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Mythos:
The Kitsune are known as pranksters and punishers of greedy, boastful or boorish humans. Some are servants of the fox-god, Inari, known as Zenko, but most roam in wild or rural areas, causing mischief, known as Yako or Nogitsune. Kitsune are said to possess numerous magical abilities, such as shape shifting into monstrous or human forms, possessing hapless victims, causing hallucinations or mental disorders, controlling fire or flying through the air by spinning their tails like a propeller. The oldest and most powerful kitsune grow 9 tails. These are known as Kyu-ubi, and are considered holy creatures almost as powerful as gods. Some Kitsune drink human blood, but they all have a fondness for sweet red beans and tofu.
Alt Names: Zenko, Tenko, Yako, Nogitsune, Foxling, Twintail, Kyu-ubi, Huli-Jing, Kumiho, Vulp, Inarian, Huxianese,
The Kitsune are known as pranksters and punishers of greedy, boastful or boorish humans. Some are servants of the fox-god, Inari, known as Zenko, but most roam in wild or rural areas, causing mischief, known as Yako or Nogitsune. Kitsune are said to possess numerous magical abilities, such as shape shifting into monstrous or human forms, possessing hapless victims, causing hallucinations or mental disorders, controlling fire or flying through the air by spinning their tails like a propeller. The oldest and most powerful kitsune grow 9 tails. These are known as Kyu-ubi, and are considered holy creatures almost as powerful as gods. Some Kitsune drink human blood, but they all have a fondness for sweet red beans and tofu.
Alt Names: Zenko, Tenko, Yako, Nogitsune, Foxling, Twintail, Kyu-ubi, Huli-Jing, Kumiho, Vulp, Inarian, Huxianese,
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The kitsune was actually the first of the Acheron series models that I decided to make. I knew from the start that I wanted to have a lot of cool mythological beasts, and I felt like a simple fox anthro would seem uninteresting next to dragons and unicorns, so I decided to give them two tails and a third eye. There isn't any mythological basis for the third eye, it's just something I see them do in anime sometimes. After doing some research into Kitsune, I was surprised to learn that the more familiar Tenko/Kyu-ubi type actually started in China, where they are called Huli-jing, which simply means Fox Spirit. However, there is a second type of Kitsune which appears in later Japanese folklore, well into the 1800s in fact, called the Ninko, which seems to have a uniquely different set of abilities. Kitsune means "fox", spirit or otherwise, so the Huli-jing and Ninko might be completely different creatures that both take the form of a fox.
The kitsune was actually the first of the Acheron series models that I decided to make. I knew from the start that I wanted to have a lot of cool mythological beasts, and I felt like a simple fox anthro would seem uninteresting next to dragons and unicorns, so I decided to give them two tails and a third eye. There isn't any mythological basis for the third eye, it's just something I see them do in anime sometimes. After doing some research into Kitsune, I was surprised to learn that the more familiar Tenko/Kyu-ubi type actually started in China, where they are called Huli-jing, which simply means Fox Spirit. However, there is a second type of Kitsune which appears in later Japanese folklore, well into the 1800s in fact, called the Ninko, which seems to have a uniquely different set of abilities. Kitsune means "fox", spirit or otherwise, so the Huli-jing and Ninko might be completely different creatures that both take the form of a fox.