Okami Kitsune
Played by | Height | 5' 10'' | |
Created | Aug22/13 15:55:56 | Weight | 160 |
Modified | Aug22/13 16:00:47 | Eyes | Brown |
Birthday | Jul22/88 | Hair | Red |
Age | 36 | Nationality | Japanese |
Western Zodiac | cancer | Species | Deity woof-fox |
Sex | male | Fur Colour(s) | Red, white, black |
Gender | male | Fur Pattern | Red back.. white belly.. black marks on face, paws, and tail |
Orientation | bisexual | Fur Texture | Soft n Smooth <3 |
Views | 121 | Votes | 0 |
Ok so.. Okami Kitsune as one of my screen names kinda started out as a little joke a few years ago.. anyone familiar with Japanese mythology and folklore will know that the fox ( 狐 ) or kitsune holds a special place in Japanese legend. The kitsune of legend is credited with being quite cunning, mischeivous, and possessing supernatural powers including long life and the ability to take the form of a human. This excerpt from wikipedia gives an example of an ancient folk legend of kitsune, while providing an interesting insight into the etymology of the word:
"One of the oldest surviving kitsune tales provides a widely known folk etymology of the word kitsune. Unlike most tales of kitsune who become human and marry human males, this one does not end tragically.
Ono, an inhabitant of Mino (says an ancient Japanese legend of A.D. 545), spent the seasons longing for his ideal of female beauty. He met her one evening on a vast moor and married her. Simultaneously with the birth of their son, Ono's dog was delivered of a pup which as it grew up became more and more hostile to the lady of the moors. She begged her husband to kill it, but he refused. At last one day the dog attacked her so furiously that she lost courage, resumed vulpine shape, leaped over a fence and fled. "You may be a fox," Ono called after her, "but you are the mother of my son and I love you. Come back when you please; you will always be welcome." So every evening she stole back and slept in his arms.Because the fox returns to her husband each night as a woman but leaves each morning as a fox, she is called Kitsune. In classical Japanese, kitsu-ne means come and sleep, and ki-tsune means always comes. "
Probably less familiar to non-japanese speakers is the word "Okami" (unless said non-japanese speaker has played the video game of same title).. "Okami" when spoken (or so I am led to believe) could be interpreted as 狼 (wolf) or as 大神 (great deity) and 大神 is also part of the name of the sun goddess Amaterasu-ōmikami.