A foundation of nearly all religion, Animism has been around since the beginning of the exploration of spirituality. The natives of the Americas thanked the souls of the animals they hunted for the animal’s sacrifice. The Greeks let each god rule multiple aspects of life such as Demeter over their crops. The Japanese saw collective spirits in every day objects such as lanterns and boats and eventually went so far as to create personalities and myths around each creature. Some of these beings were powerful enough or educated to the point of being able to summon and control the more menial spirits to do their bidding. One such being was what we reference today as the Kitsune.
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