term for possession by a kitsune, which causes the sufferer to behave like a fox and speak strange languages. Exorcism must take place in a shrine to Inari. Kitsune often carry round balls alight with kitsune-bi, foxfire. A human who gets one of these balls has leverage over the kitsune. As tricksters, kitsune often target pride and greed, taking people down a peg. Sometimes they’re just malevolent, but this is rare. More likely to find them in abandoned houses, where
