When Abe no Yasuna stopped a hunter from killing a fox, he did not know the fox was actually a kitsune (Japanese fox spirit) named Kuzunoha. The kitsune was so overcome with gratitude that she secretly shapeshifted into human form in order to marry her savior. #MythologyMonday
🎨: Yamakawa Shūhō
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