What do you know about the kitsune?
I would like to know more about them on a physical plane- humanistic would be nice.
I am open to anything you know.
Abilities, elemental power differences, things of the like.
Thanks in advance!
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Such being are real, as Iām told (because I used to think itās just movies) but I couldnāt fetch more answers, Iām so downā¦ They are of Fiery Elements. They are in-line with the Salamander Spirits.
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Iāve had experiences with kitsune. They have different elemental energy depending on the tribe, water, fire, earth, air, light, dark, etc. their abilities are all the same outside of that illusions, shapeshifting, seduction, pocket realm, etc.
However Korean pantheon have their own kind and Chinese pantheon have their own kind. They develop up to 9 tails all besides their creator who has 1000 tails or 10 with the power of 1000 the goddess Inari.
The younger ones are tricksters and they develop their tails as we develop our energy work through practice of the agility.
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Research different anime that as them like Inuyasha.
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I will be keeping an eye on this thread. I have been interested in Kitsune for quite some time, but have found very little useful and useable info on them within the structures of the Occult I practice. But, there is no rest for the wicked, so the search will continue.
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This anime as one too. Its kinda of slow and boring but its fine to watch.
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The first step would be to research the mythology of the creature through credible sources. Then research a deity thatās connected to them or would have information about them. In this case, it would be the Kami Inari.
I would personally look up the summoning methods used in the shinto traditions, but also likely write out the kanji for her name and focus on it using some kind of chant Iād think up on the spot based on her attributes in her own legends.
Actually, all this sounds fun and I already have 20 tabs open. Iāll be back.
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Thank you for the input, please share your findings. 
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Inari Okami- god/goddess of harvests, fertility, rice, agriculture, foxes, transcendence of death, industry, and worldly success
Is depicted as and appears to followers as both male and female. Though most refer to this spirit with female pronouns.
Symbols: Smiting tools. Symbols of wealth or fertility. The color red.
Offerings: Red candles. Water. Cakes. Coins. Gemstones and crystals. Rice. Sake(red wine works as an alternative).
Incense: Patchouli. Sage. Sandalwood. Nag champa.
The name Inari doesnāt appear in any literature of classical Japanese mythology and the earliest shrines to her in recorded history are in 711 AD. Itās believed that she was a lesser kami of agriculture until Shingon Buddhism came to Japan. She was synthesized with the Hindu deity Dakini, who has some connections to Kali. Inari can also be called in the form of a Bodhisattva. And the more you look into it you could be looking at a collection of deities formed into one, much like the Morrigan of Celtic mythology is the combination of Macha, Badb, and Nemain
From the legends we do have of Inari, she is know to use foxes as her messengers. She herself is sometimes depicted as a kitsune, a fox spirit that shape-shifts into a seductive woman. In one tale she sleeps with a rice farmer, who discovers her true identity, but remains quiet. She rewards him for his discretion by helping his crops grow.
My main focus is tracking down concrete information about kitsune and how to summon one. Because this deity has the most solid connection to them, the general theory is you have to go to her first to receive one as a familiar, similar to receiving a succubus from Lilith, or a Lamia from Hekate.
Statues of foxes are found around shrines to Inari all over Japan and usually have a red ribbon or some type of red marking around them. The color red is is associated with life and good luck, which also ties foxes to the famous torii gates.
Kitsune themselves are a type of yokai, which in the west we typically translate to ādemonā even though itās actually more of a general term for spirit. The kitsune themselves are actually said to be highly intelligent, having gained powers from years of experience.
You can have a good experience or a bad experience based on which type of kitsune you run into. The Zenko(Celestial foxes) are said to be the messengers of Inari while the yako are the more mischievous type that are likely to possess a human or steal their stuff.
Both types are known to possess shape shifting, mastery of illusions, deception, and be extremely powerful fighters.
Summoning: It should be noted that in the Shinto religion, the kami are treated as nature spirits and part of the natural fabric of reality. So logically, they wouldnāt be trying to āinvokeā them in the way Iām attempting.
Before I do anything else, Iāll take a bath, brush my teeth, do a smudging, and perform the shinto purification ceremony Iāve linked below.
Shinto Purification Ritual - YouTube
The altar is set up in the north, because of the links to fertility and agriculture. First I call the watchers and cast a circle to avoid any trickery from false spirits. Then I light the candle and incense, bow before the altar, and do a prayer Iāve thought up to invite the spirit into my temple.
āI call upon the goddess of the eternally abundant fields. The keeper of the gates and giver of wealth which mortal ambitions crave.
Inari. Step forth into the temple of your disciple and illuminate your nature onto me. Be present nowā
At that point Iām going to focus on the kanji for her name, which I use in place of a sigil. Because as we know by now, demonolatry is my hammer and the world is full of nails.
The Results
When looked at the kanji and chanted the name of the Kami, trying to get into the trance state as I normally would. But my eyes were drawn towards the flickering of the candle. I stared into that instead, allowing my eyes to lose focus as I went into what I can only describe as a shamanic journey. My consciousness was transferred to an area covered and mist and I found myself in front of a large Torii gate.
I walked straight through the middle and ended up at an old school japanese temple. Rows of foxes were sitting patiently on both sides. A silver haired woman wearing a red kimono with white accents beaconed me to take a seat in front of her.
Lore describes Inari as the patron of blacksmiths, farmers, and merchants. What I hadnāt known before this was sheās also the patron of witches and sorcerers. Which makes sense of course, because kitsune are known to be centuries old and great at magic. She told me she can teach people how to gather wealth, and she demonstrated this by blending a bunch of herbs together into a pouch and planting it in the soil. An obvious reference to green witchcraft and herbal alchemy, which sheās also a master of.
Being a shapeshifter deity, Inari can also teach you astral shapeshifting, astral travel techniques in general, and can assist you in illusion magic that will protect you from your enemies. Sheās also completely fine with helping you acquire wealth through theft. Sheās much like Hermes in that thereās moral ambiguity involved.
The kitsune themselves feel like a mixture of earth and air. The ones I saw only had single tails, but they still exhibited human like intelligence. They communicated through telepathic āinformation dumpsā rather than actual words, but Iāve been told the more powerful ones just outright talk. Anything that Inari can teach you, her messengers can teach you as well if you invoke them and meditate.
I mentioned above that lore describes 2 types of kitsune, benevolent ones and malicious ones. Inari made no such distinction. How they interact with you is entirely dependent on the individual fox spirit, just as it is with any human or spirit. She made it very clear that you shouldnāt try to fit things into preconceived boxes and blamed the remains of my āwestern mindsetā for fostering these ideas.
Inari felt very kind and motherly, where being near her made my whole body warm. The closest thing I could compare her to would probably be Astorath or Lilith.
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I still need to get into the specifics of how to summon the kitsune themselves, but this is what Iāve got so far.
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My mind is blown, my friend. Thank you for this!! Iām very impressed, and will probably use this ritual in the future. I am truly thrilled.
But what kind of coins
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From what I understand, there are (in Japanese lore) 13 types of Kitsune. BTW, Inari is equated with Dakini-Ten, who is originally a spirit known in Buddhism. The Dakini(s) are āsky walkersā or āsky dancers.ā These spirits could be considered, in some ways, similar to the Fae (fairy folk) or angels or demons, depends on your view and the lore around the places such as Tibet, India and China is varied. They were considered evil apparently originally but you know how humans like to label things and get things wrong when they either donāt understand the spirit/being and/or ādemoniseā the gods/spirits/beings of others.
Dakini(s) who could be considered like Kitsune in some ways, were ādemonsā who fed on human flesh. They ended up making some agreement with some god or Buddha (sorry, Iāve been reading a lot and I canāt cite sources, youād need to do some reading to confirm this) and they agreed to eat only the flesh of the dead - therefore related to cementeries. However, they have been said to be under Kali also. Jackals were the being associated with Dakini(s) - they are foxes in Japan as that is the closest canine animal to a jackal. 
So, to sum it up, nature type spirits, Iād call them neutral, like most beings - not good or bad but can be kind or mischievous or even downright āmalevolentā. You could make agreements with Kitsune but they required your life at the end. Sounds a bit like ādemonsā in a way. Iāve also read that emperors would have familial agreements with them to hold onto their power and the lore/magick would be passed down orally (?) through the generations. They are very like the Fae.
Hope I havenāt dribbled on and repeated myself eitherā¦ Hope this is helpful. Iāve been doing a LOT of reading on these very topics lately. 
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That is very interesting. My only experience with kitsunes is Naruto lol. Nothing totally reality basedā¦
I had no idea who Naruto was, Iām not much into gaming and manga or anime. I donāt mind reading some of the lore in games as it can be based on traditional folklore but I prefer traditional folklore.
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Itās anime. I donāt watch TV anymore, And now canāt really stand anime anyways.
Naruto had some things like the whole chi, energy work/manipulation, and of course some stuff based on real lore/etc just a fantasized version of it lol. Not realistic.
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Kitsune are great to get to know, however in mythology Inari was said to condemn Nogitsune, but Inari is also said to if she wanted to change a person to a kitsune they would come out as a nogitsune. Nogitsune are also pretty interesting to experience.
All kitsune have 8 well known abilities until they gain their 9th tail and any other training is to cultivate each tail already existing ability, no kitsune reaches 10 tails as that is Inari the 10-1000 tailed fox Goddess.
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How did you go about getting to know Kitsune?