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{ Kitsunes are the messengers of the goddess inari!

They’re also very mischievous and like to mess with people, quite often. 

They can transform, and forms they usually take are of beautiful women or really old men, or a specific person they’ve seen. Sometimes, though, in these forms they can befriend humans and even be lovers or wives. (A common occurrence is for animals to take the forms of humans to live among them)

Other powers a kitsune may have is possession, mouths/tails that generate fire or lightning, manifesting in dreams, creating strong illusions. Sometimes they’re portrayed as very sexually connected with humans.

Foxes are regarded as being widely spiritual and very close to humans. The more tails a fox has, the older and wiser it is. There’s a tail for every hundred years.

To specify: There are zenko (good foxes) and yako (mischievous foxes).

{ I’m gonna assume you mean Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu and go from there

Tsukuyomi is the moon god and Amaterasu is the sun god. They are brother and sister, both born from Izanami after his wife Izanagi had died (both are considered the creators of the world), and later Tsukuyomi took Amaterasu as his wife.

{ Kappa have a varying meaning. Sometimes they’re an omen of danger in a river, sometimes they are the danger in the river and drag people down.

‘Kappa’ translates literally to ‘river child’, and they likely came from sightings of the Giant Japanese Salamander.

They’re certainly tricksters, with behavior varying from looking up womens’ kimonos to kidnapping children.

But at the same time, they’re curious of humans! They speak and understand Japanese and sometimes try to befriend humans in return for offerings of food. Cucumbers are the only food they seem to enjoy more than human children, and cucumbers in Japanese culture are largely associated with kappa.

especially mythology