Talk:Huli jing

Unclear Subject and Purpose

With three separate articles for the Korean, Chinese, and Japanese versions of a "nine-tailed fox," I am not sure if this page was supposed to group the three mythological creatures under one article or discuss one specific nine-tailed fox character. Either this character needs to be more fully brought out (if not merged into one of the three pages) or the page simply made a disambiguation point. Ode2joy (talk) 13:31, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Korean version is not accurate

The nine tailed fox(Gumiho) was mentioned in the Gyuwonsahwa(규원사화), which is the historical texts collected from ancient records of the Korea history. In the text it says the myth of the nine tailed fox appeared in the time of king "buryu(부류)". A fox that ages for one thousand years grow nine tails, and can take a human form. If this fox in turn is taken by a man into marriage, and remains unrecognized as a fox by the husband for a hundred days, the fox will transform into a true human, which was the fox's ultimate goal. There are many versions of the story, but the most common version has a sad ending, like so many Korean myths. On the last night before reaching it's goal of one hundred days, the husband realizes that his wife is a fox, and the fox fails in becoming a human.
The fox is usually described to have supernatural powers, like super human strength, conjuring mirages and was said to be extremely persuasive and charming. Another special aspect was that the fox would always carry a marble in her mouth, which enabled her to have such powers. If this marble was to be swallowed by a human, the person would gain an understanding of the earth or the skies(the heavens). In the Korean culture, the nine tailed fox had a quite positive feature compared to the chinese or japanese records, usually being a sad character than a harmful one.
According to the text of Gyuwonsahwa, the nine tailed fox has been a myth among the people since 2440 B.C. and appears in a few ancient wall paintings across Korea, though not as popular as other myths - as there were less political morals in this one compared to the more popular myths.
Also, in the chinese book of Shan Hai Jing, the nine tailed fox is said to have come from the country of Qing Qiu, which now is of somewhat vague identity. Qing Qiu was said to be on the east side of china around the Yalu river(Amnok river in Korea), which was where the first dynasty of Korea(gojoseon) was born, and therefore it could be argued that the myth of the nine tailed fox oriented in Korea.

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