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  2. Foxes in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    The words fox and foxy have become slang in English-speaking societies for an individual (most often female) with sex appeal. The word vixen, which is normally the common name for a female fox, is also used to describe an attractive woman—although, in the case of humans, "vixen" tends to imply that the woman in question has a few nasty qualities.

  3. List of fictional tricksters - Wikipedia

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    Reynard - A red fox and trickster figure who plays a central role in the moralistic fables of the Reynard cycle. Saci - A Brazilian folklore character, a one-legged black or mulatto youngster with holes in the palms of his hands, who smokes a pipe and wears a magical red cap. Sang Kancil, the mouse-deer trickster of Malaysian and Indonesian ...

  4. The Hedgehog and the Fox - Wikipedia

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    In the original essay ("a fox who all his life sought, unsuccessfully, to be a hedgehog") FiveThirtyEight: Nate Silver: Its logo is a fox, alluding to Archilochus' saying [7] Warren Buffett: William Thorndike Sigmund Freud: Peter Gay "a fox who at times affected a hedgehog's clothing" McDonald's: Tom Gara "firing multiple shots in all ...

  5. List of fictional foxes - Wikipedia

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    Kurama, a fox demon thief who is reborn as a human in Yu Yu Hakusho. Kurama, the nine tailed fox that is sealed inside Naruto Uzumaki from the series Naruto. The little fox, whose name is a "little fox" too. Urusei Yatsura. Mimi LaFloo, a vixen in Bucky O'Hare. Muggy-Doo. Nanao, a tiny kitsune from Ask Dr. Rin! Nick Wilde in Disney's Zootopia.

  6. Kitsune - Wikipedia

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    For example, a ninko is an invisible fox spirit that human beings can only perceive when it possesses them. Kitsune have as many as nine tails. [ 42 ] Generally, a greater number of tails indicates an older and more powerful Kitsune ; in fact, some folktales say that a fox will only grow additional tails after it has lived 100 years. [ 43 ] (

  7. Nine-tailed fox - Wikipedia

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    The fox spirit is an especially prolific shapeshifter, known variously as the húli jīng (fox spirit) in China, the kitsune (fox) in Japan, and the kumiho (nine-tailed fox) in Korea. Although the specifics of the tales vary, these fox spirits can usually shapeshift, often taking the form of beautiful young women who attempt to seduce men ...

  8. Fox spirit - Wikipedia

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    Huli jing (Chinese: 狐狸精) are Chinese mythological creatures usually capable of shapeshifting, who may either be benevolent or malevolent spirits.In Chinese mythology and folklore, the fox spirit takes variant forms with different meanings, powers, characteristics, and shapes, including huxian (Chinese: 狐仙; lit. 'fox immortal'), hushen (狐神; 'fox god'), husheng (狐聖; 'fox saint ...

  9. List of fictional canines - Wikipedia

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    A genius fox who teaches the forest animals high IQ tricks. Fiona Fox: Fox Sonic the Hedgehog: Comic books A treasure hunter and Scourge the Hedgehog's love interest. Fix and Foxi: Fox Fix and Foxi: Comic books Rolf Kauka [1] Foxy Fagan Fox Foxy Fagan: Comic books Harvey Eisenberg: A trouble prone fox who is sly but things do not work out as he ...