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This section contains information about phenomena that are generally believed to have a supernatural, mystical nature, and the very existence of which is currently in doubt.Phenomena Hierarchy

Bakemono-Kitsune

Added	Sun, 11/11/2018
Hierarchy	Phenomena Неизвестные существа Spirits Бакемоно-Кицунэ
Область распространения	Japan
Характерные признаки	→ → → →
Sources	bestiary.us ru.wikipedia.org fanfics.me

In Japanese folklore, a kind of kitsune, magical or demonic werewolf foxes.

Obake (yap. お化け) and bakemono (yap. 化け物) — a common name for monsters, ghosts, or spirits in Japanese folklore. Literally means "what is changing".

Usually these words are translated as "ghost", but mostly they refer to living or supernatural beings who have temporarily changed their form, and thus differ from the spirits of the dead. However, sometimes the term "obake" can also be used for a ghost — yurei (yap. 幽霊).

The real form of bakemono can be an animal, for example, a fox (kitsune), a raccoon dog (tanuki), a badger, a cat (bakeneko), a plant spirit (for example, kodama) or an inanimate object that has a soul (tsukumogami).

Bakemono usually either pretends to be human or appears in a strange or intimidating form.

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