Kumiho (2024)

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Kumiho? ›

A kumiho, or a nine-tailed fox

1. kumiho-It can freely transform, among other things, into a beautiful woman often set out to seduce boys, and eat their liver or heart. 2. kitsune- the Japanese word for fox) are foxes that possess paranormal abilities that increase as they get older and wiser.

A Kumiho is often portrayed as a supernatural being resembling a fox with nine tails, symbolizing both beauty and danger. This mythical creature possesses immense power and intelligence, gaining additional tails as it ages, each signifying heightened magical prowess.

This was due to the fact that the liver contained the energy of a human, meaning that it processes the food and gives energy, thus making it the container of the working force/life of a human. The fairy tale The Fox Sister depicts a fox spirit preying on a family for livers.

Despite it's strength and power, its body is vulnerable to explosive shots or high-piercing blades, since it has no armor on it.

Physical Description. Half-Kitsune are able to retain physical features from both of their parents, like skin or hair colour, although certain dominant characteristic are obvious. Most prominent are the tail and the fox ears that replace the human ears.

There are two common classifications of kitsune: The zenko (善狐, lit. 'good foxes') are benevolent, celestial foxes associated with Inari; they are sometimes simply called Inari foxes in English. On the other hand, the yako (野狐, lit. 'field foxes', also called nogitsune) tend to be mischievous or even malicious.

After reaching 1000 years old the fox is blessed with shape shifting powers, often depicted as a beautiful woman with fox like characteristics. The kumiho will use the human form to seduce men in order to feast on their flesh, their hearts, or their livers depending on the story.

It is based on an original webtoon. It tells the story of a male Gumiho who has lived for hundreds of years to become a human being that has his fox beads taken away by a female college student in an accident, so they live together in his house to solve this problem.

The others are also fox spirits with multiple tails, but while those two may indicate good omens, the gumiho is usually depicted as a bloodthirsty, evil creature that is motivated mainly by a hunger for human flesh.

Does gumiho really exist? ›

A kumiho or gumiho (Korean: 구미호; Hanja: 九尾狐, literally "nine-tailed fox") is a creature that appears in the folktales on East Asia and legends of Korea. It is similar to the Chinese huli jing, the Japanese kitsune and the Vietnamese hồ ly tinh.

The Kumiho is a more malevolent version of the nine-tailed fox. It can take any form and often appears as a beautiful young woman to seduce young men before eating their liver or heart.

A kumiho or gumiho (Korean: 구미호; Hanja: 九尾狐, literally "nine-tailed fox") is a creature that appears in the folktales on East Asia and legends of Korea. It is similar to the Chinese huli jing, the Japanese kitsune and the Vietnamese hồ ly tinh.

The fox spirit is an especially prolific shapeshifter, known variously as the húli jīng (fox spirit) in China, the kitsune (fox) in Japan, and the kumiho (nine-tailed fox) in Korea.

Broadly, they can also be broken into two groups—zenko, or good, and nogitsune, or bad. The good fox spirits are associated with the god Inari. They were said to serve as messengers and worshippers.

Ashireiko are the lowest and weakest offshoot of Kitsune.