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The fox

A blurry fox at Fushimi Inari-taisha. Most of the foxes wore bibs, but I did not find out the significance.
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Stormlizard said:

Red is the colour of Protection in both Buddhist and Shinto Mythology, Inari is a good Protective God unlike the Nine tailed Fox. Buddha figures often have a red cloth and so to lumps of rock in some Temple grounds.
10 years ago

Diane Putnam replied to Stormlizard:

Thanks for that info, Storm, sorry I missed this for so long!
9 years ago
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