Facts about The Nine-Tailed Fox
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Chinese literary classic Investiture of the Gods features Daji, a notorious nine-tailed fox spirit who possesses a concubine and causes the fall of the Shang dynasty.
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Korean mythology features the nine-tailed fox as the gumiho, a creature frequently portrayed as a malevolent being that devours human livers or hearts.
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Japanese mythology calls the nine-tailed fox a kitsune, which was often associated with the deity Inari and considered a divine messenger.
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A nine-tailed fox in Chinese mythology gains an additional tail for every hundred years of cultivation, reaching full power at nine tails.
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In East Asian mythology, the nine-tailed fox is a supernatural creature appearing in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese folklore, often depicted as a shapeshifter that can take human form.