kitsunetsuki
Sign in to saveAlso known as kitsune-tsuki, kitsune possession, fox possession
right|thumb|A depiction of a kitsunetsuki in the '''' by , also written , literally means "the state of being possessed by a fox". The victim is usually said to be a young woman, whom the fox enters beneath her fingernails or through her breasts. In some cases, the victims' facial expressions are said to change in such a way that they resemble those of a fox.
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Heian period
- Early three foxes ritual
- Hungry fox
- Muromachi and Edo period
- Persisting superstition
- Izumo area
- Ninko
- Kitsune-mochi benefits and stigma
- Exorcism
- Self-induced possession
- Clinical study and psychiatry
- Familiar spirits
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Works cited
- External links
right|thumb|A depiction of a kitsunetsuki in the '''' by , also written , literally means "the state of being possessed by a fox". The victim is usually said to be a young woman, whom the fox enters beneath her fingernails or through her breasts. In some cases, the victims' facial expressions are said to change in such a way that they resemble those of a fox.
Though foxes in folklore can possess a person of their own will, is often attributed to the malign intents of hereditary fox employers.
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