Myth-Folklore

Many people don't know this. It's certainly not something that is advertised to the public. But there is an Ancient Myth here in Norman, Oklahoma. It is believed that this land was once home to Fox spirits. The foxes came in different colors such as red, white, and silver. In fact, legend states that the silver foxes were the most mischievous and intelligent of the three because it learned how to speak like a human. Using this ability they would often play tricks on any passer byes. Whenever someone, would walk along their pathway they would often call out "Hey You!". As the passer by looks around and sees no source of the voice, he would turn back around and then the foxes would jump out of the bushes and scare the traveler causing him to run away. One day, a rancher named Walker came along their path. However when the one of the foxes attempted his prank, Walker was unafraid of the fox and whipped the fox with a whip he used on his cattle. Wounded and now afraid of ...

My favorite part of the story is when we learned how mischevious the talking foxes are, often scaring people by talking when no one else is around. While I found it humorous that Wang was unafraid of the fox and even was sent to exercise the fox from the possessed woman, I do not know if using the phrase evil was necessary nor was killing the fox at the end. Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit Online Source : forums.smitegame.com

I've always heard tales of other foxes stealing another's ball of energy, a collection of spirit energy that the fox developed over hundreds of years. But my favorite part of this story however is in this story, it is a human who steals the ball, which is the first time I've heard of that situation and it made for an interesting story. I did not expect it to give the farmer any abilities. Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit Online Source : forums.smitegame.com Bibliography: Story source: The Chinese Fairy Book, ed. by R. Wilhelm and translated by Frederick H. Martens (1921).