kitsune

shapeshifting spirits in Japanese folk mythology often resembling foxes, sometimes with multiple tails
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kitsune

Summary

kitsune ranks in the top 0.23% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,944 views/month, #182 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • kitsune's image is recorded as Yoshitoshi - 100 Aspects of the Moon - 91.jpg[2].
  • kitsune's subclass of is recorded as shapeshifter[3].
  • kitsune's subclass of is recorded as mythological fox[4].
  • kitsune's Commons category is recorded as Kitsune[5].
  • kitsune's said to be the same as is recorded as Fox spirit[6].
  • kitsune's said to be the same as is recorded as Gumiho[7].
  • kitsune's said to be the same as is recorded as nine-tailed fox[8].
  • kitsune's said to be the same as is recorded as Yegan[9].
  • kitsune's country of origin is recorded as Japan[10].
  • kitsune's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01jh30[11].
  • kitsune's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kitsune (fox)[12].
  • kitsune's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/kitsune[13].
  • kitsune's present in work is recorded as Pom Poko[14].
  • kitsune's has effect is recorded as kitsunebi[15].
  • kitsune's has effect is recorded as kitsune no yomeiri[16].
  • kitsune's has effect is recorded as kitsunetsuki[17].
  • kitsune's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '狐'}[18].
  • kitsune's Open Library subject ID is recorded as kitsune[19].
  • kitsune's subreddit is recorded as Kitsune[20].
  • kitsune's Fandom article ID is recorded as yokai:Kitsune[21].
  • kitsune's Fandom article ID is recorded as inuyasha:Kitsune[22].
  • kitsune's Fandom article ID is recorded as ru.mythological-creations:Кицунэ[23].
  • kitsune's Fandom article ID is recorded as mythus:Kitsune[24].
  • kitsune's KBpedia ID is recorded as Kitsune[25].
  • kitsune's AniDB tag ID is recorded as 2253[26].

Why It Matters

kitsune ranks in the top 0.23% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,944 views/month, #182 of 77,819).[1] kitsune has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] kitsune is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . 47.251.54.224. 47.251.54.224. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . yokai.fandom.com. Retrieved . yokai.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . inuyasha.fandom.com. Retrieved . inuyasha.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . anidb.net. Retrieved . anidb.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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