kudagitsune pipe fox legends

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. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
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kudagitsune クダ狐, クダギツネ と伝説 Legends about the "pipe fox"

Kuda-kitsune, kudagitsune, Kuda-gitsune クダ狐, クダギツネ or
Kanko 管狐 "pipe fox"
is a type of spirit possession in Japanese legends. Starting in Nagano Prefecture, it is told about in the Chūbu region and also in parts of the Tōkai region, southern Kantō region, Tōhoku region, and so on. There are no legends of kudagitsune in Kantō besides the Chiba Prefecture and Kanagawa Prefecture, and this is said to be because Kantō is the domain of the Osaki.
Just like its name says, there are various legends about how they are small enough to fit into a bamboo pipe or about as big as a match box and would multiply until there were 75 of them, and so on.
Another name for them is "izuna" (飯綱, meaning least weasel), and psychics in Niigata, the Chūbu region, and the Kantō region and "izuna-tsukai" (飯綱使い, "izuna-users") in Shinshū have these and use them to gain supernatural powers and make divinations. It is believed that izuna-tsukai (izuna-users) make use of izuna for beneficial religious uses such as foretelling prophecies, and at the same time also for evil purposes such as to fulfill requests to make the izuna go possess and give illness to someone the requester hates.
In the Sōzan Chomon Kishū (想山著聞奇集) the kuda-gitsune is described as a rat-sized fox which can be kept in a pipe.
According to the Zen'an Zuihitsu (善庵随筆) the kanko is a fox the size of a weasel or rat, with vertical eyes and thin hair.
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Mythology and Folklore - Kudakitsune:
In the area is also known as kudasho and it seems that some people saw a cat capture it. It had black fur and they say it looked like a marmot.
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Kuda-gitsune: Your Compact Vulpine Spirit!
Some symptoms of Kuda-gitsune possession can be spotted if the possessed person is suffering from high fever or desperately wanting to eat fish.
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. Kudagitsune at the Temple 満蔵院 Manzo-In .




......................................................................................... Nagano 長野県

. Kudagitsune and Mitsumine Sama 三峯様 .

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飯田市 Handa town

. kudasho クダショ Kudasho Pipe Fox . - Otoragitsune




......................................................................................... Shizuoka 静岡県
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磐田郡 Iwata district

. kudashoo クダショー Kudasho Fox and Oinusama お犬様 .


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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
21 管狐 (01)
46 クダ狐 (02)
98 クダギツネ (02)

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