PARA-324-Kitsune
Caretaker Status: Unknown
Affiliated companion(s): none
Level 3 - concrete
Word: Kitsune (Spirit)
Origin:
The full etymology is unknown. The oldest known usage of the word is in text Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki, dating to 794.
Other old sources include Nihon Ryōiki (810–824) and Wamyō Ruijushō (c. 934).
These oldest sources are written in Man'yōgana, which clearly identifies the historical form of the word (when rendered into a Latin-alphabet transliteration) as ki'tune. Following several diachronic phonological changes, this became kitsune.
Definition:
Kitsune in the literal sense is the Japanese word for fox.
Foxes are a common subject of Japanese folklore; in English, kitsune refers to them in this context.
Stories depict legendary foxes as intelligent beings and as possessing paranormal abilities that increase with their age and wisdom
Magic Status: 1 - Neophyte
Tier 1 - Small wisps of flame form near their tail ends.
Wisdom Status: 0 - Unaware