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In Japanese folklore, kitsunes are believed to possess great intelligence, long life, and magical powers. Foremost among these is the ability to shapeshift into human form; a fox is said to learn to do this when it attains a certain age (usually a hundred years, though some tales say fifty). Kitsune usually appear in the shape of a beautiful woman, a young girl, or an old man, but almost never an elderly woman. Supernatural powers commonly attributed to the kitsune include, in addition to shapeshifting, the ability to generate fire or lightning from their tails or to breathe fire (known as kitsune-bi, literally "foxfire"), the power to manifest in dreams, the power to fly, and the ability to create illusions so elaborate as to be almost indistinguishable from reality. Some tales go further still, speaking of kitsune with the ability to bend time and space, to drive people mad, or to take such nonhuman and fantastic shapes as a tree of incredible height or a second moon in the sky. And that's just what I do every day. You should see what I do in my spare time....

Friday, August 31, 2007

Jailhouse Rock

The warden threw Figgie in the kitty jail.
The litter box was there but he began to wail...

The mad cat was a sittin near the porcelain throne
Way down in the corner protesting that he's all alone.

Give him a tin cup and I'm positive he'd clank it. Behold, Lord Feline incarcerated in the CCU (Cat Containment Unit aka the second bathroom). For his own good, mind you, with a rug, food, water, and cat box, and (usually) a light while the humans mule groceries in and laundry out. Humans' reward? A roll of shredded toilet paper, now rendered useless, cat litter and grooming supplies knocked on the room and sometimes fanged.

posted by Sionnach, the Celtic Kitsune | 12:31 PM

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