kitsune
Japanese fox demon
A kitsune is a fox spirit in Japanese folklore, typically depicted as intelligent and possessing magical abilities—including shapeshifting, often into human form.
Kitsune grow additional tails as they age and gain power, with nine tails marking the most powerful.
The term appears in anime, manga, and Western fantasy contexts: The kitsune disguised herself as a beautiful woman.
Japanese supernatural entity
Magical influence over someone
- sorceryPractice of dark magic
- spellcastingPerforming magical incantations
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
- bewitchmentMagical influence over someone
possession · charm · curse · mystical · supernatural · divination
Playfully causing trouble
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
- slyCleverly deceptive
- wilesDeceptive stratagems
- prankPlayful trick on someone
deception · hoax · impish · rogue · schemer · playful · teasing · riddles
Mental ability, cognitive capacity
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
- sagacityPenetrating mental acuity
- ancientVery old indeed
- tailsRear animal appendages
experience · knowledge · insight · shrewd · astute · otherworldly · enlightenment · celestial
Thorough change in form
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
- possessionState of owning
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
apparition · deception · seduction · masquerade · phantom
yokai
Japanese supernatural entity
messenger · guardian · spirit · supernatural
enchantment
Magical influence over someone
- sorceryPractice of dark magic
- spellcastingPerforming magical incantations
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
bewitchment · possession · charm · curse · mystical · supernatural · divination
mischievous
Playfully causing trouble
prank · deception · hoax · impish · rogue · schemer · playful · teasing · riddles · bargains
intelligence
Mental ability, cognitive capacity
tails · experience · knowledge · insight · shrewd · astute · otherworldly · enlightenment · celestial
transformation
Thorough change in form
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
- possessionState of owning
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
metamorphosis · apparition · deception · seduction · masquerade · phantom
vulpine
Resembling a fox
den · canine · mammal · nocturnal · omnivore · forest · wildlife · swift · camouflage
- mythical creaturesdragon, dragons, vampire, vampires, werewolf
- fantasy raceself, elves, dwarf, dwarves, orc
- magical transformationshapeshifting, metamorphosis, polymorph, transfiguration, transmogrification
- mythic beingscentaur, mermaid, merman, minotaur, satyr
- mythic beastsdragon, unicorn, phoenix, griffin, centaur
- Japanese folkloreyokai, tanuki, tengu, oni, kappa
kitsuneoni
Japanese folkloric ogre
dragon · guardian lion · phoenix · unicorn