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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAfter nearly 1,000 years, the demon vixen is presumably once again on the loose.
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Nick Kapur
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The Sessho-seki, a famous rock in Nasu, Japan that was said to have imprisoned the evil nine-tailed fox demoness Tamamo-no-Mae, was found broken in half.
After nearly 1,000 years, the demon vixen is presumably once again on the loose.
Lillian
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九尾の狐の伝説が残る、殺生石にひとりでやってきました。
縄でぐるっと巻かれた真ん中の大きな岩がそれ
のはずなのですが、なんと岩は真っ二つに割れて、縄も外れていました。
漫画だったらまさに封印が解かれて九尾の狐に取り憑かれるパターンで、見てはいけないものを見てしまった気がします。
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7:44 AM · Mar 6, 2022
Nick Kapur
@nick_kapur
The Sessho-seki, a famous rock in Nasu, Japan that was said to have imprisoned the evil nine-tailed fox demoness Tamamo-no-Mae, was found broken in half.
After nearly 1,000 years, the demon vixen is presumably once again on the loose.
Lillian
@Lily0727K
九尾の狐の伝説が残る、殺生石にひとりでやってきました。
縄でぐるっと巻かれた真ん中の大きな岩がそれ
のはずなのですが、なんと岩は真っ二つに割れて、縄も外れていました。
漫画だったらまさに封印が解かれて九尾の狐に取り憑かれるパターンで、見てはいけないものを見てしまった気がします。
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7:44 AM · Mar 6, 2022
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After nearly 1,000 years, the demon vixen is presumably once again on the loose. (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Mar 2022
OP
Hmm she is said to occupy Leader's cohorts. Wonder if she is masquerading as an airline hostess now?
Tommymac
Mar 2022
#4
I believe that she maybe living in Florlda although the vixen part "not so much"
CentralMass
Mar 2022
#6
Heck of a way to revitalize your tourism industry. Come visit to see what one karate chop can do.
KY_EnviroGuy
Mar 2022
#12
mopinko
(69,812 posts)1. aaand is this a bad thing?
Nevilledog
(50,687 posts)2. When I see "demoness" I get a bad feeling.
Hekate
(90,202 posts)3. Oh yeah. Don't want that thing running around loose and having kits.
In Japan, foxes in general are uncanny but one with 9 tails must have caused a lot of trouble.
Ill look it up later.
https://japanesemythology.wordpress.com/tale-of-tamamo-no-mae-the-shape-shifting-foxy-courtesan-and-the-killing-stone/
Tamamo-no-Mae (玉藻前, 玉藻の前, also 玉藻御前 is a legendary figure in Japanese mythology. In the Otogizōshi, a collection of Japanese prose written in the Muromachi period, Tamamo-no-Mae was a courtesan under the Japanese Emperor Konoe (who reigned from 1142 through 1155). She was said to be the most beautiful and intelligent woman in Japan. Tamamo-no-Maes body mysteriously always smelled wonderful, and her clothes never became wrinkled or dirty. Tamamo-no-Mae was not only beautiful, but she was infinitely knowledgeable in all subjects. Although she appeared to be only twenty years old, there was no question that she could not answer. She answered every question posed to her, whether about music, religion or astronomy. Because of her beauty and intelligence, everyone in the Imperial Court adored her, and Emperor Konoe fell deeply in love with her.
After some time had passed, with Konoe all the while lavishing all his affection on the beautiful Tamamo-no-Mae, the Emperor suddenly and mysteriously fell ill. He went to many priests and fortune-tellers for answers, but they had none to offer. Finally, an astrologer, Abe no Yasuchika, told the Emperor that Tamamo-no-Mae was the cause of his illness. The astrologer explained that the beautiful young woman was in fact a kind or evil (depending on the story variant being told) nine-tailed fox (kitsune Good fox spirit. nogitsune malicious fox spirit) working for an evil daimyo, who was making the Emperor ill in a devious plot to take the throne. Following this, Tamamo-no-Mae disappeared from the court.
The Emperor ordered Kazusa-no-suke and Miura-no-suke, the most powerful warriors of the day, to hunt and kill the fox. After eluding the hunters for some time, the fox appeared to Miura-no-suke in a dream. Once again in the form of the beautiful Tamamo-no-Mae, the fox prophesied that Miura-no-suke would kill it the next day, and begged for its life. Miura-no-suke refused.
Early the next day, the hunters found the fox on the Plain of Nasu, and Miura-no-suke shot and killed the magical creature with an arrow. The body of the fox became the Sessho-seki, (殺生石 or Killing Stone, which kills anyone that comes in contact with it. Tamamo-no-Maes spirit became Hoji and haunted the stone.
Hoji is said to have haunted this stone in Nasu until a Buddhist priest called Genno stopped for a rest near the stone and was threatened by Hoji. Genno performed certain spiritual rituals, and begged the spirit to consider her spiritual salvation, until finally Hoji relented and swore to never haunt the stone again.
Tamamo-no-Mae (玉藻前, 玉藻の前, also 玉藻御前 is a legendary figure in Japanese mythology. In the Otogizōshi, a collection of Japanese prose written in the Muromachi period, Tamamo-no-Mae was a courtesan under the Japanese Emperor Konoe (who reigned from 1142 through 1155). She was said to be the most beautiful and intelligent woman in Japan. Tamamo-no-Maes body mysteriously always smelled wonderful, and her clothes never became wrinkled or dirty. Tamamo-no-Mae was not only beautiful, but she was infinitely knowledgeable in all subjects. Although she appeared to be only twenty years old, there was no question that she could not answer. She answered every question posed to her, whether about music, religion or astronomy. Because of her beauty and intelligence, everyone in the Imperial Court adored her, and Emperor Konoe fell deeply in love with her.
After some time had passed, with Konoe all the while lavishing all his affection on the beautiful Tamamo-no-Mae, the Emperor suddenly and mysteriously fell ill. He went to many priests and fortune-tellers for answers, but they had none to offer. Finally, an astrologer, Abe no Yasuchika, told the Emperor that Tamamo-no-Mae was the cause of his illness. The astrologer explained that the beautiful young woman was in fact a kind or evil (depending on the story variant being told) nine-tailed fox (kitsune Good fox spirit. nogitsune malicious fox spirit) working for an evil daimyo, who was making the Emperor ill in a devious plot to take the throne. Following this, Tamamo-no-Mae disappeared from the court.
The Emperor ordered Kazusa-no-suke and Miura-no-suke, the most powerful warriors of the day, to hunt and kill the fox. After eluding the hunters for some time, the fox appeared to Miura-no-suke in a dream. Once again in the form of the beautiful Tamamo-no-Mae, the fox prophesied that Miura-no-suke would kill it the next day, and begged for its life. Miura-no-suke refused.
Early the next day, the hunters found the fox on the Plain of Nasu, and Miura-no-suke shot and killed the magical creature with an arrow. The body of the fox became the Sessho-seki, (殺生石 or Killing Stone, which kills anyone that comes in contact with it. Tamamo-no-Maes spirit became Hoji and haunted the stone.
Hoji is said to have haunted this stone in Nasu until a Buddhist priest called Genno stopped for a rest near the stone and was threatened by Hoji. Genno performed certain spiritual rituals, and begged the spirit to consider her spiritual salvation, until finally Hoji relented and swore to never haunt the stone again.
Tommymac
(7,263 posts)4. Hmm she is said to occupy Leader's cohorts. Wonder if she is masquerading as an airline hostess now?
From Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamamo-no-Mae
In the story told by Hokusai, formed in the Edo period, the nine-tail fox first appeared in China and possessed Daji, concubine of Shang dynasty's last ruler King Zhou. She enchanted the king and brought upon a reign of terror that led to a rebellion that ended the Shang dynasty. The fox spirit fled to Magadha of Tianzhu (ancient India) and became Lady Kayō (華陽夫人 , concubine of the crown prince Banzoku (班足太子; based on Indian tales of Kalmashapada the man-eater[2]), causing him to cut off the heads of 1000 men. It was then defeated again, and fled the country. Around 780 BC, the same fox returned to China was said to have possessed Bao Si, concubine of the Zhou dynasty King You. It was again chased away by human military forces.
The fox stayed quiet for some period. Then she appeared in Japan as Tamamo-no-Mae, the most favoured courtesan of Emperor Toba. She was said to be a most beautiful and intelligent woman, being able to answer any question asked. She caused the Emperor to be extremely ill and was eventually exposed as a fox spirit by the astrologer Abe no Yasuchika, who had been called to diagnose the cause of the Emperor's poor health. A few years later, the emperor sent Kazusa-no-suke (上総介 and Miura-no-suke (三浦介 to kill the fox in the plains of Nasu.[3]
In the 1653 Tamamo no sōshi (玉藻の草紙 , an addendum was added to the story describing that the spirit of Tamamo-no-mae embedded itself into a stone called the Sessho-seki. The stone continually released poisonous gas, killing everything that touched it.[4] The stone was said to have been destroyed in the Nanboku-chō period by the Buddhist monk Gennō Shinshō (源翁心昭 , who exorcised the now-repentant fox spirit. He held a Buddhist memorial service after the deed, allowing the spirit to finally rest in peace.[5]
Afrocat
(2,767 posts)5. *Shrug* hey, why not. This year is off to a smashing start.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)6. I believe that she maybe living in Florlda although the vixen part "not so much"
Ferrets are Cool
(21,064 posts)7. Someone get a message to Narato
alittlelark
(18,886 posts)9. That explains a lot.
Mystery sage
(576 posts)10. Interesting
If they are reporting it now are they gearing up to release to release an anime in the future along this vein.(something other then naruto)
JHB
(37,133 posts)11. Too late. Out for years, in game and anime form
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,483 posts)12. Heck of a way to revitalize your tourism industry. Come visit to see what one karate chop can do.
Will thousand in Japan travel there to see a broken rock or just come as normal for their ham and hot springs?
Nasu Town homepage: https://www.town.nasu.lg.jp/
Of course, I remember Florida using a deadly virus to attract tens of thousands to its beaches while health experts said stay home.....
Interesting myth, Nevilledog and thanks for sharing......