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Nine-tailed fox
Also known as: nine-tailed foxes
A red, four-footed, nine-tailed beast from the land of Qingqiu, with a voice like an infant's; eating it protects against evil vapours and gu poison.
The Compendium of Auspicious Responses describes the nine-tailed fox as a divine beast, red in colour, with four feet and nine tails, which comes from the land of Qingqiu (Green Hill). Its voice is like an infant's. Whoever eats it is protected from the vapours of evil spirits and from gu poison.