being

Kitsune

A fox in Japanese story who may be a messenger of Inari or a shape-changer. Related to the animal fox, not identical with European fox-lore.

Also known as fox spirit

Shinto

Kitsune resembles Fox.
The animal is the same kind of canid. The Japanese being is a story-person and sometimes Inari’s messenger, not Reynard.
from Ō no Yasumaro (compiler); Donald L. Philippi (translation) · Kojiki, 712 CE; Philippi trans. 1968
resembles · interpretive · culturally specific
Kitsune belongs to Shinto.
The being belongs to Japanese story and shrine. Keep it off the European fox-omen page.
from Ō no Yasumaro (compiler); Donald L. Philippi (translation) · Kojiki, 712 CE; Philippi trans. 1968
belongs to · interpretive · documented
Fox resembles Kitsune.
Kitsune is a fox. Japanese shrine-fox and European fox-story share a species, not a spirit and not one omen.
from Ō no Yasumaro (compiler); Donald L. Philippi (translation) · Kojiki, 712 CE; Philippi trans. 1968
resembles · partially sourced · culturally specific
Inari is associated with Kitsune.
Kitsune may serve Inari. That is Japanese shrine-story, not Reynard and not a generic “fox spirit” of worldwide occult lists.
from Ō no Yasumaro (compiler); Donald L. Philippi (translation) · Kojiki, 712 CE; Philippi trans. 1968
associated with · interpretive · culturally specific