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[[File:Prince Hanzoku terrorised by a nine- tailed fox.jpg|thumb|400px|They're just having a [[Staring Contest]].]]
'''Kitsuné''' (pronounced "kee-tsu-neh") is actually the Japanese word for fox. But it can also refer to a type of [[Youkai]] in Japanese mythology, an [[Intellectual Animal|intelligent]] fox spirit creature with magical powers, including [[Shapeshifting]] (particularly [[Humanity Ensues|to human form]]), enchantment, [[Master of Illusion|illusions]], [[Cold Flames]], and [[Omniscient Morality License|supernatural wisdom]]. In fox form, they tend to grow additional tails as they get older, up to nine in total (known as ''Kyūbi no Kitsuné'').<ref>To be more precise, in Japanese folklore, ''all'' foxes are supernatural, just with greater or lesser powers depending on their age.</ref>
While their mythological origins have them as divine servants and even [[Our Gods Are Greater|gods of a sort]], they're also classic [[Tricksters]] who mess with mortals for giggles. They usually play their pranks on men, while they have a tendency to [[Demonic Possession|possess]] women. (which shows up as an actual psychological disorder in Japan, similar to [[Our Werewolves Are Different|clinical lycanthropy]] elsewhere) This is probably because for some reason they're usually female (or at least [[Bishonen]]), and often end up falling in love with and marrying human men (in fact, female Kitsuné are considered to make devoted wives and doting mothers). The resulting children are usually not kitsuné themselves, but have magical powers.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Naruto]]'' is the [[Sealed Inside a Person-Shaped Can|living can]] in which the [[Sealed Evil in a Can|evil nine-tailed kitsune]] is sealed. The nine-tails [[Our Monsters Are Different|isn't]] a traditional kitsune; it's essentially a sapient physical mass of malice, hatred, and evil chakra ({{spoiler|and is the largest and most powerful of nine fragments of the Ten-Tailed Daemon's chakra}}) that has taken the form of a ([[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|gigantic]]) nine-tailed kitsune.
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