It can also devour a human to take on their shape.ĭoes this mean the fox itself was female? Not necessarily, but the human shape will always be that of an attractive young woman. However, the fox-spirit requires the use of human skull that it places on top of its head in order to transform. In Korea, the fox-spirit could take on human form at the age of 100 years of age and the human shape will always be female. In Korea, the Kumiho uses a marble carried in its mouth to steal wisdom from humans, usually through a kiss. The Kitsune in Korea - Kumiho and China – Huli Jing Please look in the resources section for some excellent websites, PDFs, and books where you can read even more about these not-so-elusive creatures.
Please note, that my area of expertise is Japan so I will only briefly touch on Korea and China because I don’t want to give any misinformation and there is so much lore to go through in each country that I couldn’t possibly cover them all in one article. In Japanese folklore a Kitsune may have up to nine tails.
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