Nine-Tailed Fox Charm

Get this cute acrylic charm and carry the power of a nine-tailed fox 🦊, the most powerful of all foxes (kitsune).

This particular fox has a dark story. Her name is Tamamo-no-mae, a famous fox spirit in Japanese folklore.

Long ago, a woman appeared at the imperial court. She was smart and charming and soon the emperor became infatuated with her. He spent his days and nights with her, enjoying every moment of it.

But good times don’t always last. As the days came and went, the emperor’s health got worse and worse. The doctors were stumped.

The court called in a famous wizard, who performed a wizardly ritual, and discovered an awful secret. The emperor’s beloved consort was not a human at all, but a fox. And not just any fox, but one with nine tails.

She had been sucking the emperor’s life energy from the beginning. Eventually the emperor’s HP would hit 0 and he would die.

Tamamo-no-mae transformed into fox form and ran, chased by imperial guards. She was hit by an arrow and died, and her spirit entered a rock.

People began calling it Sessho-seki, or the Killing Stone. Anyone who touched it was cursed with bad luck.

On March 5, 2022, after centuries, the stone broke in half. Some people say that her spirit is now free to cause mischief in the world.

Height: 2" (5 cm)