beingKitsuneBeings · NatureA 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 spiritShintoKitsune 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. 1968belongs to · interpretive · documentedFox 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. 1968resembles · partially sourced · culturally specificInari 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. 1968associated with · interpretive · culturally specificsourcesKojiki · Ō no Yasumaro (compiler); Donald L. Philippi (translation)Donald L. Philippi, Kojiki.