善ぜん狐こ

noun

benevolent fox; good fox

A fox spirit in Japanese mythology that is considered kind and helpful, in contrast to the more common trickster or malevolent foxes.

• 善ぜん狐こは人ひとを助たすけると伝つたえられている。

  Benevolent foxes are said to help people.

• この神じん社じゃでは善ぜん狐こが祀まつられている。

  A benevolent fox is enshrined at this shrine.