Kitsune - Succubus Bluaz

Kitsune is a Japanese succubus (female demon) similar to Huli jing from Chinese mythology. Kitsune means, in Japanese, fox.
Legends about fox-women are found all over Asia, not only in China and Japan but also in other countries such as Korea and India, and the nine-tailed fox-woman has various descriptions in these stories. Kitsune is deceptive and elusive (like a fox) or can be a loyal guardian, a trusted friend, a lover, or a faithful wife. It is said that the more tails a Kitsune has (with the maximum being nine), the more powerful she is.

Hanzoku and Kitsune

The oldest and most famous stories about the fox-woman can be found in the Konjaku Monogatarishū, a collection of stories and tales written around the year 1000, at the end of the Heian period. This collection of folk tales includes Indian, Chinese, and Japanese stories.

The Legend of Kitsune 

Ono, an inhabitant of Mino, was searching for the ideal woman to take as his wife. He did not like any of the local women and, setting out to search other lands, he met a beautiful woman while crossing a marshy plain. Ono fell for her and asked her to marry him; the woman (kitsune) accepted, moving into her husband's house. Shortly after, Ono's wife gave birth to a boy. After the child's birth, his dog began to show signs of restlessness around the woman, who begged the man countless times to cast it out because she feared it would bite her. Ono did not listen to her pleas and kept the dog, which one day rushed to bite his wife. In that moment, the wife transformed back into a fox and, jumping over the yard fence, fled.

It is said that Ono shouted after her: "You may have the appearance of a fox, but you are the mother of my child and I love you. Come back anytime; you will always be welcome here." Kitsune returned at night and slept in her husband's arms, and in the morning she fled again for fear of the dog, and so it was every night thereafter.

Kitsune sitting down

In classical Japanese, kitsu-ne means "come and sleep" and ki-tsune means "always comes (returns)." In Japanese legends, kitsune are described as highly intelligent beings that live long lives and possess magical powers. They are not considered to belong to the spirit world but rather to that of the living, yet there are also stories describing them as spirits that possess their victims. These victims are always young women, and the kitsune possesses them by entering their bodies under the fingernails or through the breasts, causing their facial features to increasingly resemble a fox.
It is said that foxes can become kitsune after reaching 100 years of age (50, according to other legends), at which point they can change their appearance. They choose to metamorphose into beautiful women, attractive young ladies, or old men. However, they can often be recognized as kitsune by certain characteristics that give them away; their hair may resemble fox fur, their shadow may take the shape of a fox, or a reflection in water may show their fox-like form. It is also said that some kitsune fail to hide their tails well.
In modern times, kitsune have gained popularity through Japanese animation (manga, anime) and video games.