Fox altar - Kitsunedan

Japanese: 狐壇 - きつねだん
Fox altar - Kitsunedan

…Such stories were passed down in old families throughout Japan until the early modern period as legends of the Shinoda-tsuma lineage, which tells of Abe no Seimei's origins. The remains of fox mounds or fox altars that remain in various places are located on high ground overlooking ancient rice paddy fields, and are presumed to be the remains of ancient villagers worshipping foxes as gods of rice cultivation. The fox-hunting or fox-hunting event that remains in parts of the Kinki region, in which people walk around in the shade of bushes in early winter, scattering fried tofu, a favorite food of foxes, is also thought to be a remnant of the fox god's feast. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "fox altar" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このような話は,近世に至るまで安倍晴明の出自を語る〈信田(しのだ)妻〉の系統の伝説として各地の旧家に伝えられた。 遺跡として各地に残る狐塚,あるいは狐壇と呼ばれる場所は,古くからの水田地帯を見渡す高みにあり,昔の村人が稲作の神としてのキツネを祭った跡であろうと推定されている。近畿地方の一部に残る狐施行,あるいは狐狩りと呼ばれる,初冬にキツネの好む油揚げなどをやぶ陰などにまき歩く行事も,この狐神を饗応したなごりとも考えられている。…

※「狐壇」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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