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Kyuubis and Kitsunes

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Kyuubis and Kistunes

Anyone know what these creatures are and their reputations? I'll give you a hint; they inspired two pokemon....
 
Magical nine tailed foxes. They're either demons, or good spirits.
 
I believe Ninetails is an example of a kitsune. And shouldn't this be in Pokémon World under "Creatures"?
 
No, we're discussing the fox creature, not the pokemon. I'm a kyuubi-roleplayer, in case I forgot to mention it.

Now, does anyone know the difference between a kitsune and a kyuubi?
 
This is what I came up with after one Google search:

In Japanese folklore, a kitsune is a type of mononoke derived from the Japanese red fox. They are known to be tricksters, teachers, and skilled with magic. Usually, any fox is believed to become a shapeshifter when it reaches a certain age (often a hundred years), and its powers keep growing with years. Kitsune are often associated with the deity of rice known as Inari. Originally kitsune were the messengers of Inari but now the line between the two has become blurred. Kitsune are connected to both the shinto and Buddhist faiths.

According to legend, kitsune grow additional tails as they age, up to a total of nine. These magical foxes are called kyuubi no kitsune (nine-tailed foxes). It is said that each additional tail represents a thousand years of the kitsune's life. When a kitsune gains nine tails, its fur becomes silver, white, or gold, and it gains the power of infinite vision. In Korea, a fox that lives a thousand years is said to turn into a "kumiho" (literally "nine-tail fox"), but the Korean fox is always depicted as evil, unlike the Japanese fox, which can be either benevolent or malevolent.

Kitsune spirits are reputed to be gifted with incredible powers, including possession, the ability to breathe fire or create fire by rubbing their tails together, to manifest in dreams, to create elaborate illusions, and even to bend time and space or drive people mad. There are many different types of kitsune, such as "ghost" kitsune, or "heavenly" kitsune, and the names given to them are often female, signifying that the kitsune as a race are feminine.
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I don't see a difference, really. According to a couple of sites, kyubi means 'nine tails' and kitsune means 'fox.'
 
Very good. That was a trick question. Now, what was the type of trick kitsune were most famous for?
 
I don't think this is a quiz-the-Barb thread.

Don't try playing mind games with us, or else we might start playing some with you.
 
Okay. It's turning into a quiz anyway.
 
Yay for Kitsune!!!
... I don't know why I said that.
BTW, in Vol 3 of XXXHolic by CLAMP, the guy (his name escapes me now) meets a fox spirit who's selling soup.
 
I didn't see an answer to my kistune question...
 
The one about their most famous trick? I'd have to say that would be the one where the fox transforms itself, usually into a beautiful woman, and causes trouble through people's interactions with it.
 
Correct. *teleports a transformed kistune in for an example*

Now, the Chianess call the kyuubi kistune a what?
 
What is a 'Chianess?" I'll assume it's 'Chinese'. This is what I found on, ironically enough, a Naruto website:

Chinese mythologies bear the origin of Foxes as demons and spirits, which plays a key role in many of the Chinese mythologies.

One of the most famous series of Chinese supernatural folklore is the 'Liao Zhai' Tales. Many of the stories in 'Liao Zhai' and other Chinese legends describe the fox, who after meditating hard in mountain caves for centuries, attain magical shape-shifting powers.

The Chinese fox spirits normally acquire the form of a young beautiful provocative woman. They are often conniving and evil, seducing men for their 'yang energy' to help them gain immortality. Because of these strong Chinese legends of the fox demons, females who have an affair with married men are often referred to as fox spirits or 'hu li jing'.
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Sorry, that wasn't the answer I was looking for. That'll be one point against you.
 
Don't be an idiot. If you think you're giving out points here, you're sorely mistaken.
 
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