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by unixbeard1337 2589 days ago
Lots of weird fox lore around the world. In Chinese folklore, they can pass for human (often as attractive women) and ensnare people in various wiles.
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One of the segments in Kurosawa's "Dreams" is about "the fox's wedding" (kitsune no yomeiri).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreams_(1990_film)#Sunshine_Th...

Japan has also got some interesting fox lore that's probably partly inherited from the chinese [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitsune

Reminds me of the aguara from the Witcher series. https://witcher.fandom.com/wiki/Aguara
I didn't realize that that Love, Death + Robots episode was based on folklore. That makes it even better