In folklore, they often possess women and, while feeding off of their host's life force, seduce men whom they wish to trick. This possession by a fox spirit is called kitsune tsuki. Some stories cite men marrying women who are possessed by mischievous kitsune.
Though foxes in folklore can possess a person of their own will, kitsunetsuki is often attributed to the malign intents of hereditary fox employers.
A human and a kitsune who have a child will produce one of two things: A human child or a kitsune child. Which one occurs depends on chance as much as anything else.
Stories depict them as intelligent beings and as possessing magical abilities that increase with their age and wisdom. Their powers include illusions, shapeshifting (particularly to human form), possession, and especially the ability to use foxfire.
If a Kitsune loses all of their tails through either giving them away or having them stolen (or in rare cases, destroyed), they will become exceptionally weak and frail, similar to an anemic human, and will lose all of their powers.
Umi Kitsune
Umi Kitsune is said to be the most powerful kitsune in the world and is rumored to have magical powers. She is often called upon by people who need help or advice.
The Human and Kitsune hybrid clan is a rare clan, that is usually never seen especially in a humans lifetime. A reason for this hybrid being so rare is that these species don't mate and the hybrids are made from magic, and they can only reproduce with other hybrids which is rare. Advertisement.
Born usually from a human and a kitsune parent, half-kitsune is a combination of the two.
Shapeshifting: Kitsunes are able to shapeshift themselves into other forms. Kitsunes can either make themselves an older version of themselves or even a younger version as well as changing their height and weight. They can even change their gender to that of the opposite one if they so please.
Perhaps fittingly given their divine patron's portfolio as a fertility deity, pregnancy for Kitsunes is short (often under 3 months), and multiple births are relatively common.
Canidae: Kitsunes are known to have a great fear and hatred of dogs and wolves. Some become so rattled by the presence of that they will revert to the shape of a fox and flee.
Kitsune are sometimes said to have red eyes that can hypnotize humans. In some stories, they are shapeshifters who can appear in human form. Depending on the tale, they use this ability to trick humans or settle down with a human mate and live a human life.
The lifespan of a kitsune depends strongly on the number of tails they have, with one tailed individuals living 75 years or so, while those with multiple tails can live well into their second century and beyond.
Are Kitsunes flirty? Though kitsune may flirt or seduce their prey to get closer to them, it is preferred if they feed only off the wicked or have a willing partner.
Kitsune is often portrayed as mischievous and known for playing tricks on humans. However, it can also be seen as a symbol of good fortune, particularly in the Shinto religion from Japan.
The opposing term is tachi, or “top.” Many English-speaking people also use it to reference the game Neko Atsume (either meaning the game itself or the cats featured in the game).
Tail Manifestation
In Kitsune Mythology, Kitsune are depicted as having more than one tail. The most commonly depicted are one-tails, five-tails, and nine-tails. For most kitsune, the number of tails shown is usually one.
In Japanese mythology, there are said to be 13 types of kitsune, which correspond to different elements—celestial, wind, spirit, darkness, fire, earth, river, ocean, forest, mountain, thunder, sound, and time. Broadly, they can also be broken into two groups—zenko, or good, and nogitsune, or bad.
Bursting with watery, aromatic florals and sanctifying base of evergreen and incense. It's how we imagine the thousand-year-old Kitsune's adventures across Japan to smell like.
When a kitsune take human form and marries a human, they often have children. When the offspring are human, they inherit abilities (special physical or supernatural qualities). These in turn are passed to their children.
Good kitsune are often thought to be associated with the deity Inari, one of the chief kami (or holy spirit) in Japan's Shintō religion. Inari is primarily known as the protector god of rice cultivation and is said to further prosperity and therefore is worshiped by merchants and farmers.
Evil Japanese Foxes: Nogitsune (野狐)
The cruel Japanese foxes target the bad traits of humans, such as pride, greed, and vanity. For their own entertainment, these kitsune can bring down even the most devout priest.
As the number of tails indicates the level of wisdom and magical prowess, the nine-tailed fox is considered especially powerful. Tamamo-no-Mae is one such nine-tailed fox, or Kyubi no kitsune, of particular note.
Tails. Traditionally, tails are symbols of how powerful kitsunes are. They appear to only have nine tails. Tails are achieved when a kitsune becomes more powerful.