Many tales from Japanese folklore often feature a fascinating character called the tanuki. Depending on the story, this creature might be mistaken for a badger, a fox, or even something akin to a ...

Many tales from Japanese folklore often feature a fascinating character called the tanuki. Depending on the story, this creature might be mistaken for a badger, a fox, or even something akin to a ...

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Specifically, it is a henge, or shapeshifter. The two most famous shapeshifters in Japanese culture are the kitsune (a fox) and the tanuki (a Japanese raccoon dog), both of which are notorious ...

In Japanese mythology, tanuki (raccoon dog) and kitsune (fox) are both shape-shifting trickster spirits. They are reputed to outwit one another and human beings, and they’re usually depicted as ...

Together they created Artistic Folklore (@artisticfolklore), an Instagram hub, where folk art challenges run quietly, yet persistently, week-after-week. Their experiment soon needed an extra pair ...