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"The Werefox" - article by John Cawley "Even more elaborate in detail and richness of lore than the lion-, tiger-, and hyaena transformations, are those of the werefox..."	Japanese legends Articles and translations of pieces of the very rich Japanese lore surrounding foxes.
"Kitsune" - poem by Joel Woodman "The old woman knew that the monster lived in the flat above her own that it waited on the roof at night with cat-slit amber eyes..."	Meredith "Fox tears, were they good or bad? Deeply felt, that's for sure, enigmatic, ambivalent, challenging me to struggle for more acceptance than there seemed room for."
"The Vixen and the Oakmen" - folk tale "The Oakmen don't believe a fox's word, but they guard all forest beasts so they pulled her safe inside where she lay panting."	"The Beast Without, The Beast Within" - essay by Redvane Shapeshifting and Animal Spirits.
Chinese Folk Tale translated by Rania Huntington "He sighed, 'How could there be such a youth in the world! If it isn't a demon, it must be a fox.'"	"Foxfire" - story by Bret Ryan Rudnick "In the centre of the glade was a fox, but it soon became evident it was not an ordinary animal but indeed a fox spirit."
Fox's Power Fox's symbolic power in the Native American perspective.	Silver Fox and Coyote Create Earth A folktale from the Miwok Native Americans as told by Joseph Bruchac.