人ひと狐ぎつね

noun

fox spirit that possesses people

A type of fox spirit (kitsune) believed to possess humans, especially associated with the Chūgoku region of Japan. Often linked to folk beliefs about spirit possession and illness.

• 中ちゅう国ごく地ち方ほうでは、人ひと狐ぎつねが人ひとに憑つくと信しんじられていた。

  In the Chūgoku region, it was believed that a hitogitsune would possess people.

• 彼かの女じょの奇き妙みょうな行こう動どうは、人ひと狐ぎつねの仕し業わざだと言いう者ものもいた。

  Some said her strange behavior was the work of a hitogitsune.