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Short Stuff: The Killing Stone

2024/9/18
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Tamamo no Mai, a prominent figure in Japanese folklore, is a nine-tailed fox spirit featured in various myths and tales. One notable story links her to Emperor Toba, where she disguised herself as a woman to bewitch him and disrupt his reign. A soothsayer exposed her, leading to her demise at the hands of samurai and subsequent transformation into the Killing Stone.
  • Tamamo no Mai is a nine-tailed fox spirit in Japanese folklore.
  • She disguised herself as a woman to bewitch Emperor Toba.
  • After being exposed, she was slain by samurai and turned into the Killing Stone.

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The Killing Stone looms large in Japanese folklore, so when it split in half in March 2022, people were worried it would bring devastating effects in its wake. Except... they really didn't.

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