Huli jing

The huli jing is a fox spirit from Chinese mythology. They have bewildering magic, immortality, and the ability to possess a human.

Information
A fox spirit who is known to be motherly to some, but fearsome to some aswell. She's a distant cousin of the Japanese kitsune and the Korean kumiho, whose species can be considered subspecies of the huli jing. But unlike her kitsune cousin (who likes masculine clothing), she prefers traditional, feminine clothing.

Backstory
It's said when a fox reaches the age of 50 years, it can transform into a woman. When 100, it becomes a beautiful female, although still keeping fox traits. And finally, when it's 1000, it can ascend to heaven and become a celestial fox.

Fox spirit worship by commoners was rather popular, until fox worship was attempted to be outlawed.

Known subspecies

 * Kitsune


 * Kumiho