きつね ( Foxes )

In Japan, the image of the fox is one of the cunning creatures who deceive people, and they often play the villain in folktales and legends. In addition, they are also evil spirits that possess human beings and make them go crazy. On the other hand, the stone idol of a seated fox, which one can see in the precincts of the Inari Shrine, represents the fox as messenger of the gods.