Kitsune
The kitsune (狐, きつね; IPA: [kʲi̥t͡sɨne̞] ), in popular Japanese folklore, is a fox or fox spirit which possesses the supernatural ability to shapeshift or bewitch other life forms. == General overview == Kitsune, though literally a 'fox', becomes in folklore a 'fox spirit', and a type of yōkai.