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Húxiān (
The deity can be represented as either male or female, but is most frequently identified as the female Húxiān Niángniáng (
Mythology tells that fox spirits are masters of the arts of metamorphosis, and can manifest in human form to seduce men or women. In exchange, they convey wealth and property.[4] In mystical literature, influenced by Taoism, fox spirits are immortal or transcendent beings of a high level in the spiritual hierarchy of beings who engage in the pursuit of becoming immortals.[5]
The fox deity is also represented as a couple of gods, male and female, called the Great Lord of the Three Foxes (
Prevalence of the sect in northeast China
[edit]Nagao Ryuzō, a Japanese sinologist, observed that the Fox Gods "enjoy such popularity to be worshipped by almost every household in north China and Manchuria". Henry Doré documented the worship of the Fox God in the northern parts of Jiangsu and Anhui. In parts of Hebei, to every newborn is assigned his own běnshén (
See also
[edit]- Other
- Chinese folk religion
- Chinese gods and immortals
- Northeast China folk religion
- Shen (Chinese religion)
Citations
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kang (2006), p. 50.
- ^ Kang (2006), pp. 45–50.
- ^ Kang (2006), pp. 199–200.
- ^ Kang (2006), p. 44.
- ^ Kang (2006), pp. 51–52.
- ^ Kang (2006), pp. 22–23.
- ^ Strassberg, Richard E. (2002). A Chinese Bestiary: Strange Creatures from the Guideways Through Mountains and Seas. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0520218442. pp. 88-89, 184.
- ^ Kang (2006), p. 48.
- ^ Kang (2006), p. 49.
Sources
[edit]- Kang, Xiaofei (2006). The Cult of the Fox: Power, Gender, and Popular Religion in Late Imperial and Modern China. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0231508220.