Fictional thought exercise

[chipotle]

In a setting that is an alternate version of feudal Japan, with races of anthropomorphic animals instead of humans but no other (overt) magic and myth, what would it mean for a fox-person to be a kitsune?

Comments

[ladyperegrine.livejournal.com]

I tend to think of kitsune as having a seductive impulse as well as an ability to shapeshift, disguising themselves to blend in with whichever species they're with at the moment.