Kowata Fox

Japanese: 木幡狐 - こわたぎつね

A fairy tale from the Muromachi period. The author and year of its creation are unknown. A fox princess marries a third-rank junior captain and gives birth to a young prince, but when she is forced to keep a dog, she returns to her old home and becomes a nun. A tale of a strange marriage and a tale of exile. The fact that the strange creature is a fox should be seen as a precursor to the later Shinodazuma legend. There are many stories of strange marriages in the fairy tales, including "The Fox's Tale," "The Crane's Tale" (female crane), "The Mouse's Tale" (male mouse), "The Wild Geese's Tale" (male wild geese), and "The Princess with the Curved Eyes" (male chrysanthemum).

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Japanese:

室町時代の御伽草子。作者，成立年未詳。狐の姫が三位中将と結婚，若君を生むが，犬を飼うことになったため，古巣に帰り尼になる。怪婚説話，遁世談。異類が狐であるのは，のちの信田妻 (しのだづま) 伝説の先駆とみるべきもの。御伽草子の怪婚談は『狐の草子』をはじめ『鶴の草子』 (女鶴) ，『鼠の草子』 (男鼠) ，『雁の草子』 (男雁) ，『かざしの姫』 (男菊) など数多い。

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