With their shapeshifting abilities, the fox spirit can transform into irresistible maidens who seduce young men.
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Feminist Retellings of Japanese Folktales | Interview with Aoko Matsuda
"My impression is that foxes are a kind of existence that stands somewhere in between the human and non-human, binding reality and fantasy together."