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Foxes
in Celtic mythology are usually quick, cunning, and sneaky,
filling much the same position as coyote does in Native myth.
In Irish folklore other-wolrdly animals are always white.
As red haired animals they were sometimes considered lucky and
sometimes unlucky (as were red-haired people). In France,
(until forbidden by law in the reign of Louis XIV) baskets
containing living foxes were burned on the bonfires on St.
John's Day to ward off bad luck.
In Asia, the fox represented sexual seductiveness. Japanese
legends tell of fox spirits called kitsune that can turn
themselves into people and have the powers of deceitful
witches. In yet another example of the dualistic nature of
animals, however, Japanese mythology also portrays the fox as
the messenger of Inari, the god of rice.
The
ancient Romans regarded foxes as fire demons, perhaps because
of their reddish coats, and in Christian mythology, the fox is
associated with the devil.
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This piece
is strung with lapis lazuli and pearl, but is also available
with a silver chain
In
Taliesin's "Song of His Origins", the Bard says he
assumed the shape of a satirizing fox, a reference to the
cunning, slyness, and ability of the fox to make fools out of
those who chase it.
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