User:Mnola/Shapeshifting

In Japanese folklore ōbake are a type of yōkai with the ability to shapeshift. The fox, or kitsune is among the most commonly known, but other such creatures include the bakeneko, the mujina and the tanuki.

In Japanese folklore, there are many types of shapeshifters, one of the most common ones is the kitsune. The kitsune is known to be an immortal fox with magical powers that would grow in strength every century, after their 100th year they were able to use their magical abilities to shapeshift. They were able to shapeshift into any human form, wiser kitsunes were able to shift into other shapes like trees or even nonliving objects. Like everything, there were good and bad foxes, the good foxes, the Zenko would bring knowledge and wisdom to the civilians while the bad foxes, the Yako would steal and disrupt the peace of humans.