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The Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus), also known as the white fox, polar fox, or snow fox, is a small species of fox native to the Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and common throughout the Arctic tundra biome. [1] [8] [9] [10] It is well adapted to living in cold environments, and is best known for its thick, warm fur that is also used as ...
In the year 657 a byakko or "white fox" was reported to have been witnessed in Iwami Province, [13] [12] possibly a sign of good omen. [b] And in 659, a fox bit off the end of a creeping vine plant held by the laborer (shrine construction worker), [d] interpreted as an inauspicious omen foreshadowing the death of Empress Saimei the following year.
Inari's foxes, or kitsune, are pure white and act as their messengers but it is more likely that in ancient times the fox itself was revered as the kami of rice. [ 6 ] According to myth, Inari, as a megami (female Kami), was said to have come to Japan at the time of its creation amidst a harsh famine that struck the land.
A prominent feature that separates the kumiho from its two counterparts (although, both Japanese Kitsune and Chinese Huli Jing having their own versions of “knowledge beads”, in the form of Kitsune’s starball and Huli Jing’s “golden elixir” neidan) is the existence of a 'yeowoo guseul' (여우구슬, literally meaning fox marble) which is said to consist of knowledge.
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"This species is considered an exotic animal here," the Bird Alliance of Oregon wrote on Instagram alongside multiple photos of the animal
A white fox lit up the path at night and guided the way for them to reach a suitable place for a castle. [13] Just as Masaoka Shiki composed haiku about winter and kitsunebi, they usually appear during the winter; but there have also been examples where they appear in the hot season of summer or in autumn. [14]
The kitsune no yomeiri (狐の嫁入り, "the fox's wedding") is a term or metaphor for certain natural phenomena, or a folk belief regarding a supernatural event, in Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. [1]