Hello Readers!!!! Welcome to my first blog......
I was thinking about what I should begin with. At first I thought of ideas like LATEST TECHNOLOGIES...... LATEST INVENTIONS..... LATEST AFFAIRS..... I can't write my first blog on something that I don't know about. Obviously I am not a "Tech Geek" and neither am I a relationship expert (#NotALoveGuru #ForeverAlone). So I thought that maybe I should begin with something that I really like, the interest that I have but never EVER spoke about it in public. My weird obsession with the mythological creatures. As you can see I have named my first blog after a Japanese mythological character "The Kitsune".
Actually the thing about the technology, invention and affair was bullshit. I always planned on writing my first blog on Kitsune....
According to Japanese mythology, a fox who lives long enough to gain a great deal of knowledge will reach an enightened state, the Eastern sense of 'fox-spirit'. The thing that i like in them the most is that they are cultural trickster.
Their stories not only guide humans to the mankind but also explains the mechanics of the physical world. Kitsune are stereotypically lithe, feminine, aggressively sexual figures.
The full etymology of Kitsune is unknown. however many suggestions have been made without any general agreement. for eg., Some say that it is called so because it is always(tsune) yellow(ki). However I don't agree with it because in ancient myths we have Kitsune that are not yellow in colour. Another one is because of the oldest surviving kitsune tale. Ono, an inhabitant of Mino, spent the seasong longing for his ideal of female beauty. He met her one evening on a vast moor and marriedher. Simultaneously with the birth of their son, Ono's dog was delivered a pup which as it grew up became more and more hostile to the lady of the moor.
She begged her husband to kill it, but he refused. At last one day the dog attacked her so furiously that she lost courage, resumed vulpine shape, leaped over a fence and fled.
"You may be a fox," Ono called after her, "but you are the mother of my son and I love you. Come back when you please; you will always be welcome."
So every evening she stole back and slept in his arms.
Because the fox returns to her husband each night as a woman but leaves each morning as a fox, she is called Kitsune. In classical Japanese, kitsu-ne means come and sleep, and ki-tsune means always comes.
Kitsune are believed to possess superior intelligence, long life, and magical powers. The word spirit is used to reflect a state of knowledge or enlightenment, all long-lived foxes gain supernatural abilities. Physically, kitsune are noted for having as many as nine tails. Generally, a greater number of tails indicates an older and more powerful fox; in fact, some folktales say that a fox will only grow additional tails after it has lived 100 years. When a kitsune gains its ninth tail, its fur becomes white or gold. These kitsune gain the abilities to see and hear anything happening anywhere in the world. Other tales credit them with infinite wisdom (omniscience).
A kitsune may take on human form, an ability learned when it reaches a certain age—usually 100 years.
As a common prerequisite for the transformation, the fox must place reeds, a broad leaf, or a skull over its head. Common forms assumed by kitsune include beautiful women, young girls, or elderly men.
Kitsune can wield, use and perform a unique form of magic. This is called FoxFire, their signature talent. Using FoxFire, Kitsune can conduct rituals, perform functional magic etc, according to their will, and so they are sufficient magic users. The FoxFire of a Kitsune corresponds to what variety of Kitsune he/she is. Foxfire of a single Kitsune can also affect other types.
There are 13 types of Kitsune, classified according to the powers they possess.
Kaze (Wind), Chikyu (Earth), Kasai (Fire), Kawa (River), Tengoku (Heaven), Sanda (Thunder), Yama (Mountain), Kukan (Void), Seishin (Spirit), Jikan (Time), Mori (Forest), Umi (Ocean), and Ongaku (Music).
1. KAZE(wind)
2. SEISHIN(spirit)
3. KASAI(fire)
4. MORI(forest)
5. TENGOKU(heaven)
6. ONGAKU(music)
7. JIKAN (time)
8. CHIKYU (earth)
9. KAWA (river)
10. SANDA (thunder)
11. UMI (ocean)
12. KUKAN (void)
13. YAMA (mountain)
Death interpretation of Kitsune is hard but still some think that there are certain ways to kill Kitsune (But I would request everyone that if they happen to meet any Kitsune, please don't kill them. They are amazing creatures).
The ways to kill kitsune are listed here:
1: Eaten by a Dragon or Oni. A Kitsune may escape death from being eaten by other creatures by going to their spirit form and simply passing through them, but Dragon or Oni are an exception. When eaten by Dragons or Oni their spiritual energy (chi) is absorbed and digested to the point that their being is starved and killed.
2: Exorcism. A kitsune can sometimes be destroyed entirely by a particularly powerful exorcism.
3: Blessed or Magical weapons. This is by far the rarest and least known about weakness to kitsune, and is almost entirely dependent upon the interpretation of the individual. Some say blessed weapons act on kitsune like silver on werewolves, others say it can harm them even in spirit form with varying effect, but instances where kitsune are killed by magical or blessed weapons are quite rare, and are pretty much unheard of compared to the other two.
I was thinking about what I should begin with. At first I thought of ideas like LATEST TECHNOLOGIES...... LATEST INVENTIONS..... LATEST AFFAIRS..... I can't write my first blog on something that I don't know about. Obviously I am not a "Tech Geek" and neither am I a relationship expert (#NotALoveGuru #ForeverAlone). So I thought that maybe I should begin with something that I really like, the interest that I have but never EVER spoke about it in public. My weird obsession with the mythological creatures. As you can see I have named my first blog after a Japanese mythological character "The Kitsune".
Actually the thing about the technology, invention and affair was bullshit. I always planned on writing my first blog on Kitsune....
According to Japanese mythology, a fox who lives long enough to gain a great deal of knowledge will reach an enightened state, the Eastern sense of 'fox-spirit'. The thing that i like in them the most is that they are cultural trickster.
Their stories not only guide humans to the mankind but also explains the mechanics of the physical world. Kitsune are stereotypically lithe, feminine, aggressively sexual figures.
The full etymology of Kitsune is unknown. however many suggestions have been made without any general agreement. for eg., Some say that it is called so because it is always(tsune) yellow(ki). However I don't agree with it because in ancient myths we have Kitsune that are not yellow in colour. Another one is because of the oldest surviving kitsune tale. Ono, an inhabitant of Mino, spent the seasong longing for his ideal of female beauty. He met her one evening on a vast moor and marriedher. Simultaneously with the birth of their son, Ono's dog was delivered a pup which as it grew up became more and more hostile to the lady of the moor.
She begged her husband to kill it, but he refused. At last one day the dog attacked her so furiously that she lost courage, resumed vulpine shape, leaped over a fence and fled.
"You may be a fox," Ono called after her, "but you are the mother of my son and I love you. Come back when you please; you will always be welcome."
So every evening she stole back and slept in his arms.
Because the fox returns to her husband each night as a woman but leaves each morning as a fox, she is called Kitsune. In classical Japanese, kitsu-ne means come and sleep, and ki-tsune means always comes.
Kitsune are believed to possess superior intelligence, long life, and magical powers. The word spirit is used to reflect a state of knowledge or enlightenment, all long-lived foxes gain supernatural abilities. Physically, kitsune are noted for having as many as nine tails. Generally, a greater number of tails indicates an older and more powerful fox; in fact, some folktales say that a fox will only grow additional tails after it has lived 100 years. When a kitsune gains its ninth tail, its fur becomes white or gold. These kitsune gain the abilities to see and hear anything happening anywhere in the world. Other tales credit them with infinite wisdom (omniscience).
A kitsune may take on human form, an ability learned when it reaches a certain age—usually 100 years.
As a common prerequisite for the transformation, the fox must place reeds, a broad leaf, or a skull over its head. Common forms assumed by kitsune include beautiful women, young girls, or elderly men.
Kitsune can wield, use and perform a unique form of magic. This is called FoxFire, their signature talent. Using FoxFire, Kitsune can conduct rituals, perform functional magic etc, according to their will, and so they are sufficient magic users. The FoxFire of a Kitsune corresponds to what variety of Kitsune he/she is. Foxfire of a single Kitsune can also affect other types.
There are 13 types of Kitsune, classified according to the powers they possess.
Kaze (Wind), Chikyu (Earth), Kasai (Fire), Kawa (River), Tengoku (Heaven), Sanda (Thunder), Yama (Mountain), Kukan (Void), Seishin (Spirit), Jikan (Time), Mori (Forest), Umi (Ocean), and Ongaku (Music).
1. KAZE(wind)
2. SEISHIN(spirit)
3. KASAI(fire)
4. MORI(forest)
5. TENGOKU(heaven)
6. ONGAKU(music)
7. JIKAN (time)
8. CHIKYU (earth)
9. KAWA (river)
10. SANDA (thunder)
11. UMI (ocean)
12. KUKAN (void)
13. YAMA (mountain)
Death interpretation of Kitsune is hard but still some think that there are certain ways to kill Kitsune (But I would request everyone that if they happen to meet any Kitsune, please don't kill them. They are amazing creatures).
The ways to kill kitsune are listed here:
1: Eaten by a Dragon or Oni. A Kitsune may escape death from being eaten by other creatures by going to their spirit form and simply passing through them, but Dragon or Oni are an exception. When eaten by Dragons or Oni their spiritual energy (chi) is absorbed and digested to the point that their being is starved and killed.
2: Exorcism. A kitsune can sometimes be destroyed entirely by a particularly powerful exorcism.
3: Blessed or Magical weapons. This is by far the rarest and least known about weakness to kitsune, and is almost entirely dependent upon the interpretation of the individual. Some say blessed weapons act on kitsune like silver on werewolves, others say it can harm them even in spirit form with varying effect, but instances where kitsune are killed by magical or blessed weapons are quite rare, and are pretty much unheard of compared to the other two.
