Upon reaching a mature age, the Kitsune becomes extremely powerful and can take on any appearance. He has the power to read minds, to take possession of minds as well as dreams. Thus, the fantastic creature can manipulate humans and influence their destinies.
Other supernatural abilities commonly attributed to kitsune include possession, generating fire or lightning, willful manifestation in the dreams of others, flight, invisibility, and the creation of illusions so elaborate as to be almost indistinguishable from reality.
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.
Accelerated Healing: Kitsune possess an enhanced regenerative healing ability that gives them immunity from any human illness or condition.
Kitsune have a fear and hatred of dogs even while in human form, and some become so rattled by the presence of dogs that they revert to the shape of a fox and flee.
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.
Japanese Kitsune Romance
There are many stories in Japanese folklore of kitsune falling in love with a human man and choosing to live out their lives in the human world. Most of the stories follow the same pattern: a young man falls in love with a beautiful fox lady, and they marry, unaware of the fox's real identity.
Their powers include illusions, shapeshifting (particularly to human form), possession, and especially the ability to use foxfire.
Kaze Kitsune
Kaze Kitsune are born with an affinity to wind chakra and are able to use it to its fullest potential. These kitsune are incredibly rare and are said to bring good luck to those who find them.
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. Interestingly, there are similar trickster animals in other cultures as well.
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.
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.
A foxes disguise is not perfect and there are ways to tell if a person is actually a kitsune in disguise. Characteristics of its true self may shine through such as a fine coat of fur, a fox-shaped shadow, and even a reflection revealing it's true form.
Nogitsune use their abilities to make humans seem foolish or to get revenge. 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.
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.
Enhanced hearing: Kitsune are able to hear with amazing clarity, distance, and even ultrasound. Enhanced intelligence: Kitsune are extremely intelligent, equal to, if not surpassing, genius level.
"There are thirteen different types of Kitsune: Celestial, Wild, Ocean, Thunder... But there is one, a dark Kitsune. They call it Void, or Nogitsune. [...] Nogitsune draw its power from pain and tragedy, strife and chaos."
Born usually from a human and a kitsune parent, half-kitsune is a combination of the two.
Weaknesses. Kitsune are vulnerable to iron, and are greatly wounded if their real tail is removed. They can be killed by the destruction of their star ball, regretting their actions (known as the Sin of Regret) or by blessed weapons.
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.
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. A common belief is that a Kitsune will never have more kits in a litter than she has tails, but this has never been proven.
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.
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.
Benevolent kitsune, also called zenko, are the messengers and reincarnations of souls in the spirit world, often growing new tails as they become more powerful.