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| Nine-tailed fox | ||
2D image File:Sakra Devanam（kakusei).JPG Ara Haan from Elsword Classic image  The nine-tailed fox as it appears in the Classic of Mountains and Seas | ||
| Animal Name | Nine-tailed fox | |
| Other Names | Kumiho | |
| Animal Type | Canid mythical creature | |
| Origin | Shenshou Continent | |
| Related Species | fox | |
| Characters | Tamamo no Mae, Ran Yakumo, Tushan Weiwei, Ahri | |
| Species Info | ||
| Domain | Eukaryota | |
| Kingdom | Animalia | |
| Subkingdom | Eumetazoa | |
| Superphylum | Deuterostomia | |
| Phylum | Chordata | |
| Subphylum | Vertebrata | |
| Class | Synapsida (Mammalia) | |
| Subclass | Theria | |
| Infraclass | Eutheria | |
| Superorder | Laurasiatheria | |
| Order | Carnivora | |
| Suborder | Caniformia | |
| Family | Canidae | |
| Subfamily | Caninae | |
| Tribe | Vulpini | |
| Genus | Vulpes (mythical creature) | |
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The nine-tailed fox (
Ancient Chinese legends
The nine-tailed fox first appeared in the ancient Chinese classic Shanhaijing (Classic of Mountains and Seas). The Southern Mountains in the Classic of Mountains and Seas states: "In the Qingqiu Mountain, there is a beast that looks like a fox but has nine tails. It sounds like a baby and can eat people, but those who eat it will not be poisoned." The Eastern Mountains in the Classic of Mountains and Seas states: "The Qingqiu Kingdom is to the north, and its foxes have four legs and nine tails."
Legend has it that when Dayu was taming floods, he married Nüjiao from the Tushan tribe, during which the story of the nine-tailed fox appeared.
The nine-tailed fox has undergone a transformation from auspicious animals to demonic animals in Chinese history. Until the Han Dynasty, the nine-tailed fox has always been an auspicious animal, and there are many nine-tailed fox images in Han Dynasty murals. However, during the Tang and Song Dynasties, the image of the nine-tailed fox gradually changed to the image of a fox xian, which has both the side of "helping people/being friendly with humans" and the side of "harming people/fighting with humans". It can be said that it is both good and evil, and has completely lost the meaning of an auspicious animal. During the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the nine-tailed fox was further demonized, and the "Investiture of the Gods" born in the Ming Dynasty has already shaped the nine-tailed fox into a monster (the nine-tailed fox spirit Daji). In the Qing Dynasty, Pu Songling's "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" talked about ghosts and foxes, and there were also stories about nine-tailed foxes, but it had nothing to do with the mythical animal, and was more like a personified demon.
Japanese ancient legends
Legend has it that during the Tang Dynasty in China, exchanges between China and Japan were frequent, and a nine-tailed fox came to Japan on the ship of the Japanese ambassador Kibi Makibi. Later, the nine-tailed fox transformed into a beautiful woman, calling herself "Tamamo-no-Mae", approached Emperor Konoe and was favored. Then Emperor Toba fell ill and was bedridden. The ministers became suspicious of Tamamo no Mae, so they asked the astrologer Abe no Yasuchika (grandson of Abe Haruaki) to divine for her. In the end, they found that her true identity was a nine-tailed fox from China, so she had to flee Kyoto.
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