Kitsune

There is very little differences throughout the internet of the stories of this mythical creature called Kitsune. The three websites that have been chosen is “Mythical Creatures Guide,” “Kitsune,” and “Pinterest” and the following website will be explored for how it describe and analyze Kitsune. What all the website include is a common photos of a Kitsune in its fox from. The photos is from the old traditional Japanese age (see figure 1) and from more modern artists who had been interested by the story of Kitsune (see figure 2). The photos illustrated that the legend of Kitsune has been believed for over hundreds of years. Another similarity is how the websites setup a mood for its reader. The “Mythical Creatures Guide” used the color black as a background as a way of expressing the mysteries behind Kitsune powers and stories. The website “Kitsune” has a very visual way of setting up the mood for its reader. One way is how it uses an impressive amount of visuals to show that the Kitsune belief is still portrayed in modern sociality. In what makes “Kitsune” unique is it uses music to build upon how modern sociality still believed in Kitsune by using a modern style of music by modern musicians but by using traditional
Japanese instruments. “Pinterest” creates a mood for interacting with others online by allowing the upload of photos of a common subject and uses the photo as a way to start a discussion. For the Kitsune, “Pinterest “helps the spread this mythical creature by showing pictures of what people has upload and have a conversation about it. Analyze In order to properly illustrate how the ideas of the believers of the mythical creature Kitsune is to completely breakdown the websites and how they tell the beliefs of Kitsune. In these three websites different depictions of the mythical creature Kitsune. (then contrast, not to deep) (then thiese)

The “Mythical Creatures Guide” gives a very descriptive stories and beliefs of Kitsune to give the reader of how Kitsune is believed as. According to “Mythical Creatures Guide” the Kitsune is broken down in to two classifications called Inari foxes and Trickster foxes. The Inari foxes are associated with the god Inari Okami, part of the Shinto ethnic religion of Japan. Inari foxes are used by the god Inari as messengers and servants. Inari foxes are believed to help the people and protect rice fields. On the other Hand, Trickster foxes are often depicted as having harmless misbehavior or wishing to do harm on humans. Most Stories of the trickster fox are often about playing tricks on any human whom brags very excessively but few of the trickster foxes will have a devilish nature and will harm mostly any living it come crosses. On, the other hand, “Kitsune” uses less amount of text to explain the beliefs of and more visuals.
The text still has the major idea of Kitsune but it more to the point of the beliefs. For example, the way they explain Inari foxes and Tricksters foxes are, Inari foxes are good and servants to Inari, trickster foxes are evil. The website does go into more detail how the Kitsune is depictive in modern media such as anime and videos games. In what “Kitsune” lack in text, the websites backs it up with many photos of Kisune. The way they used the images is to illustrate that Kitsune is believed in both traditional era and modern era. It usage of images that vary in types of images from traditional art, photography, fan made, videogames, and from TV
shows. “Pinterest” is unique from the two websites above by being a website that is mostly a social media outlet. The way how “Pinterest” works is either, you upload a photo, look up the subject you looking for, or just commenting on what others who had uploaded a photo. How Kitsune belief is spread is by photos and word of mouth. There are posts of; stories with actual dates of when the Kitsune attacks in Kanbara country, photography’s of shines where the Kitsune is worship, old traditional style art, and etc. Ultimately, all three websites does a good job of portraying the beliefs of it believers.