天狐

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	狐
てん Grade: 1	こ Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋko̞]

Noun

天(てん)狐(こ) • (tenko) 

1. (mythology, Shinto): A heavenly/celestial fox; a nine-tail fox said to be the most powerful form of the kitsune: Once they turn 1,000-years-old, they gain all nine of their tails, turn a golden color, and ascend to the heavens, where they become celestial foxes.

Coordinate terms

• 善狐(ぜんこ) (zenko): "good foxes," sometimes simply called "Inari-Foxes"
• 野狐(やこ) (yako), 野狐(のぎつね) (nogitsune): wild fox
• 妖狐(ようこ) (yōko): a "demon fox," (a kitsune)
• 九尾(きゅうび)の狐(きつね) (kyūbinokitsune): a "nine-tailed fox"
• 九尾(きゅうび)の妖狐(ようこ) (kyūbinoyōko): a "nine-tailed demon fox"
• 狐(きつね)の嫁入(よめい)り (kitsunenoyomeiri): rain shower while the sun shines
• 狐火(きつねび) (kitsunebi): "will o' the wisp"

See also

• 天狐 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Tenko (fox) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Kitsune on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Inari on Wikipedia.Wikipedia