#kitsune lore

[ren-054]

Drip drip drip drip….

Song stuck in my head so I had to draw something about it

The image I had in my head was like it’s someone’s misery or failings that just pile up for so long that the effects spread and eventually the community around them suffers and goes down with them

And that reminded me of Natsume heheje

His town sinking to the ground and he’s convinced it’s all his fault

[seekers-who-are-lovers]

Six-sentence Sunday (or something)

Updated The Snow So White, The Sun So Bright . Two chapters have been added. I can’t ignore this story at all. The urge to continue this is making me mad.

Some of the kitchen and service crew only saw him in passing as he was always in the kitchen. Once a week he managed to meet them for a drink, but he never did instigate a long-lasting conversation with any of them. Except for the young woman who was bold enough to engage him into one-sided talking. Her almond eyes reminded him of someone he met years ago from the Northern Territory. Nazukihiko knew that he was considered beautiful even with the standards in the Outside World. Still it didn’t warrant them to make an advance on him nor act on befriending him. There was a notion of a phantom wall between him and the humans. The reason he was quite surprised that this young woman had managed to strike a conversation with him every time they met weekly. And now that it was going to be put to a stop, there was no hard feelings inside him.

“It is so unfortunate that I wouldn't have any chance to get to know you more, Nazuki-san.” There was a tinge of sadness in her voice that he couldn’t shake off. He gave her a smile and sipped his sake that was too sweet for his taste.

“No, really. What are you going to do after this? I heard that you are going back to your hometown?”

“That’s the plan, yes. How about you, Setsuko? Will you stay here until you are done with your apprenticeship?”

“I have to. My parents are expecting me to work after my stint at the restaurant. Here I am, hoping that I can continue here.”

“I don’t see why not.”

A kitsune in the wild.

Wakamiya met someone particular in the Outside World, but it is not who or what you think it is.

Read more on AO3.

[keikokasugawitch-blog]

We are links in a never ending chain

For the KitsuMay Bingo 2025 Event hosted by @kirayukimuraappreciation

Prompt used: Kitsune Lore

Word Count: 734 | Rating: General Audiences | Tags: Noshiko and Kira bonding, learning one's own hystory, the lore thickens (and I finally cristalize what I've been playing around with), the difference between what is legend and what is history.

Warning: Not Beta read

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“I don’t get it, why are you a Celestial kitsune but I’m a Thunder kitsune, mom?” Kira Yukimura asked her mother about a week after she learned she was a kitsune.

“The simple answer is that the type of kitsune that we are is not dependent on our parents’ genes, it is dependent on our personality and our core essence.” Noshiko Yukimura explained, with the kitsune grimoire open in her lap.

“Think about your friend Lydia, according to what you’ve told me, she was bitten by an Alpha, yet she did not turn into a werewolf, but her latent banshee abilities manifested shortly after. Kitsune types work similarly, which is why any kitsune can become a Kukan, Void of itself, festering in dark energy and requiring chaos and strife to remain strong.

“Kitsune also are not born naturally good or evil; we decide to tread the path of benevolence or malice as we see fit, after all good or bad are human concepts and that does not affect us as much as the active harm that we bring upon the world that we choose to interact with. In the humans own limited view of us, we are either zenko, which is good kitsune; or yako, more easily translated as wild foxes,” Noshiko’s gaze shifted to the book once again. “And you may have noticed that we even borrow a word to dub those dark kitsune that decide to bring upon chaos for its own sake.”

Kira’s eyes widened: “Nogitsune.”

Kira fidgets a bit with the kunai her father had made for her. Temporarily he had said whatever that meant. Her mother said it with a solemn expression and a soft voice, as if reminiscing a painful memory from her past.

“The Nogitsu- the Void kitsune that we dealt with was able to possess people,” Kira reminisced, “is it something that all kitsune are able to do?”

Noshiko stared at her daughter for a moment.

“Do you plan on doing something similar in the future, Kira?”

The teenager let out a nervous laugh, not really having thought about it that way.

“I was actually wondering if you ever did it, you told me you didn’t used to look human,” Kira let a crooked smile show, feeling awkward now for asking that.

Noshiko, instead, simply hummed, now actually thinking of an answer.

“The kitsune that can possess is known as a ninko, typically it is mostly known for Void kitsunes to be able to do possessions, but it is also known among us that the Celestial kitsune, the Tengoku, can also possess others,” explained her mother. “Still, most kitsune that can possess others are also unlikely to be able to transform into humanlike creatures, they cannot wear the disguise itself, so they wear other people’s skin. This skin is my own.”

Shame prickles just bellow the skin of the back of Kira’s neck. She didn’t mean to imply that her mother had stollen the body that sat across from her, yet she had to believe that the Nogitsune was not the only type of kitsune that could possess people. That would probably be too much for her.

“You could, probably, still train to dominate your kitsune spirit in such a way that could detach from your body, temporarily. From what I heard, it is a technic similar to astral projections,” Noshiko continued the thought after some deliberation.

“Is that something you can do?” Kira asked, shifting in her bed.

Noshiko smiled and simply nodded.

“And the heavenly temples you talked about?” Kira dug a bit more.

This time, Noshiko let out a small laugh, and yet still powerful and captivating in its vibrato.

“They are called heavenly temples because we kitsune are considered a type of god,” explained the older kitsune; “kitsune themselves call them personal temples, there is known to be a general physical manifestation of them, invisible to most beings, but each kitsune has a connection to the temples, it is what grant is the essence that resides within our spirits.”

At that, Kira’s hands coursed with static, and when she looked up at her mother again, she could see tiny speckles of purple coursing between Noshiko’s fingers.

“We are all connected, in one way or another, that’s a truth that cannot be undone, and I’m glad I’m still here to guide you.”

And yeah, Kira Yukimura would not have it any other way.

[yuriko-mukami]

The Kitsune Lore

These posts are written together with @nalia-tsukino and @ruki-mukami-dl (vampire parts). It is a mix of actual kitsune legends, Diabolik Lovers' lore, and things we have come up with on our own. It is used as a base for Yuriko's canon story and both Rukiko and YuuNa RP stories. It is also the backstory both Nalia's admin and I use for our RPs on Tumblr. Nalia also has her own Celtic Fox lore. You can read more about it on her blog.

🌙 Kitsune Characters in Yuriko's World and Story

🌙 The History of the Kitsune

🌙 Looks

🌙 Blood & Skills

🌙 Star Pearls

🌙 Sexual Energy and Mating Season

🌙 Offspring

🌙 How to Reveal a Kitsune Who Is in a Human Form

🌙 Facts & Trivia

[andreilslovechild]

Somethimh about kitsune Neil, please? Like what are his abilities? Have a wonderful week!

okay so, Neil is obviously based on kitsune of lore. They are often said to be beautiful people (usually women but idc about that) who seduce men. Neil doesn't really do that on purpose, maybe if he really needed to for something? but it's more of a like. an unconscious thing. he can use magic though! and I think Andrew and Kevin are very happy with that because it means they do not have to get up when they want something lmao

[letthestorieslive]

Remember when in season five, Kira asks Scott to look at her with his other eyes and he sees the fox aura points to Kira's sword, hidden under clothes?

I really would like to see more of than.

Like, the aura is an emanation of the fox inside her, so while it cannot be separated from her, it totally has a mind of its own. And if it can point things out, it can do more.

Picture this: aura helping Kira focusing on test by blocking the view of the other students (they are all scribling and writting, and it's stressing her out because she has troubles reading and thus understanding what the assignment is for that test), aura crackling menacingly around Kira totally unprompted because some girls are mocking her nerdy legging behind her, aura making itself visible briefly on the field barring its teeth at an opponent or the goalie to help Kira score and win the game!

(Also aura rolling its eyes when Scott and Kira smooch would be delightful. Kira knows aura is rolling its eyes, she can sense it. But she rolls with it, kissing Scott is more important. And Scott is so not expecting or ready to see an unimpressed fox aura looking at them when he opens his eyes after kissing his girlfriend.)

Consider this as well: auras interacting with each other. I just want to see how Kira's and Noshiko's auras would interact, but also I would love to see Kira's aura interactions with Hikari's.

[vulpes-ferus]

Kitsune: Legend of the Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit from Japanese Mythology

[nalia-tsukino]

Nalia's Turning into a Kitsune

About the Turning

The fox goddess Inari is able to turn humans into half kitsune or full kitsune and also half kitsune into full kitsune. Since the turning is a divine gift, Inari must recognize an appropriate reason before she agrees.

To perform the turning, Inari holds a hand above the head of the human or half kitsune and lets the divine power flow.

Probably the turning itself, personal feelings and impressions always proceed differently.

Kitsune turned by Inari belong to the Zenko.

Reasons

Yuuto and his family took Nalia in as a friend of the Zenko. Although being only human, she was accepted and integrated from the beginning. Still, Nalia felt the difference. After learning that turning into a kitsune was possible, her wish to become one grew. The goddess Inari recognized her yearning and offered a deal that Nalia accepted.

Nalia only wanted to become a half kitsune. She wished to be like Yuuto in order to feel even closer to him and to grow old together under the same conditions.

At the moment, Nalia does not attach much importance to her skills. But of course, she is grateful for them and happy with them. However, she does not want to be a super kitsune.

Experiences and Impressions

During her turning, Nalia could feel the magic flowing into her. Overwhelmed by the process, she was unable to think.

Her eyes changed color and became typical kitsune amber-yellow.

Hot, teal flames enveloped her entire body.

It was difficult for Nalia to breathe.

After the turning was done, she passed out for a moment. The fire disappeared along with her consciousness.

When Nalia woke up again, she had her greenish, human eyes again instead of the fox eyes.

Nalia felt the magic flowing through her body. But other than that, she did not feel very foxy.

Within a short time after the turning, the initial feeling of being flooded with magic disappeared. Except for the high sense of smell and hearing, she was like a normal human.

Inari explained to Nalia that she first had to find her inner fox and her inner human. Unfortunately, she did not know how to do this. Nalia could not sense her inner fox and just felt human.

A few days later, Nalia experienced something that made her very angry. Suddenly, her foxfire appeared and her hands were on fire. At the same time, her eyes changed color and became amber-yellow.

After Nalia calmed down a bit, her eyes became greenish again. With willpower, she managed to let the hot flames grow cold.

Through this incident, Nalia could finally feel her inner fox.

Whenever Nalia gets angry, her whole body tingles and her eye color changes. The tingling is a sign that her fire is about to break out.

In any case, Nalia does not want to hurt anyone or burn anything down, she tries everything possible to calm down and hold back the flames.

After the Turning

Nalia found out about her true origin.

Skills

Nalia can bring out and control her foxfire by will.

However, every now and then she has difficulties to hold back and/or control it because of her fieriness.

A short-sided change of her eye color will happen again and again due to strong emotions like anger, joy, sadness, disappointment and fear. Since Nalia is very emotional and fiery, she will never manage to control the eye color changing.

At first, Nalia does not notice her fox eyes. But over time, she can feel the difference.

When the emotions subside, Nalia's human eyes return. Depending on the situation and the emotion, her fox eyes may only flash for a brief and barely noticeable moment.

Nalia can change into her fox form completely or partially by will.

Since her turning, Nalia is a fox in her own dreams.

Nalia will not be able to go into other person's dreams.

Furthermore, she will not learn to seperate her kitsune star pearl.

She will learn to communicate with the spirits of the deceased.

Also, she will learn to enable beloved ones to talk with the spirits of the deceased when her power is heightened because of Samhain.

In addition to high sense of smell and hearing, she now has increased regenerative abilities and a higher pain tolerance.

Her skills are weaker than those of a full kitsune.

She is not immortal, but will have a longer lifespan than a human.

Appearance

Nalia's appearance has not changed. The greenish eyes and red hair have remained.

However, her eye color can turn to the typical foxy amber-yellow.

If Nalia changes to her fox form or only brings out her fox ears and foxtail, her eyes remain amber-yellow regardless of her emotions.

In her fox form, Nalia has pinkish red fur. Her tail tip and ear tips are darker red. Her paws, neck and chest area are white.

Nalia's foxfire is teal.

Due to her origin, Nalia will not get more tails.

Protection from the Yako

Now that Nalia is a female kitsune, the Yako pose a danger to her. Afraid of being kidnapped into the Demon World, she asked Inari for help. The goddess blessed Nalia's engagement ring, giving her protection from the Demon World's kitsune. To remain hidden from the Yako, Nalia must always wear the ring. If she does this, the Yako will not notice her kitsune nature. However, if Nalia touches them, they are able to smell the kitsune in her and expose her.

To the Zenko, she is still recognizable as a kitsune.

Energy Snatching

Yuuto and Nalia, as half kitsune, snatch each other's energy during sexual intercourse or other sexual actions. What one loses, the other gets back from the other.

Similar to energy snatching from humans, it causes tingling sensation, enjoyable feeling that fills the body and mind, heightening the pleasure. But afterwards both feel normal. The typical feeling of being more awake and not being able to sleep is absent.

General Kitsune Lore and Headcanons (written by @yuriko-tsukino-rp)

Note: The kitsune lore of Nalia's story is based on actual folklore stories but mixed with @yuuto-tsukino's and my own input.

This post is a work in progress and will be updated in the future.