
Kūko (Sky Fox)The Kūko — High Fox Just Below the Tenko
kū-ko
Detailed Description
This version looks a little more closely at what kind of being the Kūko actually is. In the Edo-period ranking of foxes, only the lowest, the Yako, was thought to possess a visible body of flesh; from the Kiko upward, foxes were believed to become formless spiritual beings. Because the Kūko ranks just below the Tenko, its shape as an ordinary beast has lost almost all meaning, and it manifests instead as a presence or an influence. By its very nature it differs from the Yako, which stands before people’s eyes to deceive them.
A high-ranking fox is closer to one that protects and guides than to one that harms. Overlapping with the lineage of white foxes regarded as messengers of Inari, the Kūko and Tenko were revered in the world of belief as wise foxes that serve the gods. The reason the Kūko so rarely causes any concrete incident is not weakness but that it has long since outgrown the stage of meddling with people out of vanity.
Even so, because it wields immense supernatural power, it was thought that to slight it might invite calamity. Gentle toward those who revere it, showing a glimpse of its power only before the arrogant, the Kūko has been spoken of as a mature fox that knows exactly the right distance to keep from human beings.
Source Information
種類全体の出典primary
玄中記
著者: 郭璞 撰とも(伝)
年代: 六朝期
出版社: (中国の志怪・博物書)
種類全体の出典primary
北窓瑣談
著者: 橘南谿
年代: 1829
出版社: (随筆)
種類全体の出典primary
有斐斎箚記
著者: 皆川淇園
年代: 江戸後期
出版社: (随筆)
種類全体の出典primary
善庵随筆
著者: 朝川善庵
年代: 江戸後期
出版社: (随筆)
Personality
Mature and composed, it rarely involves itself with people. Gentle toward those who hold it in awe, it shows a glimpse of its power to chasten the arrogant.
Compatibility
Communes calmly with the modest and the devout; chastens those who grow conceited
Abilities & Skills
Weaknesses
Powerful prayers and the force of the gods and Buddhas / its deceptions gain little purchase on the truly modest / its own restraint in never wielding power carelessly
Collection Inclusion
This yokai is included in the following collections:
診断評価
妖怪バウンダリー・タイプ指標
いたずら濃度
1.0high: 戯 low: 護
📝 メモ
幻術で戒める妖狐性はあるが、主な性格は老成した高位狐である
変化適応
3.0high: 化 low: 定
📝 メモ
狐の幻術、変化、形をもたない霊化が核心である
夜話度
1.0high: 夜 low: 昼
📝 メモ
社寺の杜や古塚の狐霊で夜の気配はあるが明示は薄い
情の深さ
-3.0high: 縁 low: 境
📝 メモ
人間との関わりを避ける孤高の霊狐として描かれる
結界強度
-1.0high: 律 low: 流
📝 メモ
山や塚に寄るが、掟を守る領域神ではなく格の名に近い
表舞台圧
-2.0high: 表 low: 影
📝 メモ
形を持たぬ気配として現れ、めったに人へ関わらない
妖怪相性診断
喜び
2.5喜びと楽しさの程度
📝 メモ
沈着で遊興より策謀寄り。喜びの表出は伝承に見えない。
怒り
4.0怒りの激しさの程度
📝 メモ
怒りの描写は稀だが、上位妖狐として報復的側面の潜在は否定できない。
慈悲深い
3.0慈悲深さの程度
📝 メモ
慈悲の動機付けは記されず、試す性向が中心。害は少ないが慈愛とは異なる。
憂鬱
5.0憂鬱で思慮深い程度
📝 メモ
老成・沈着による思慮深さはあるが憂鬱の表現は中庸。
静寂
7.5内なる平静の程度
📝 メモ
沈着で気配を隠す性質、直接加害が少ない点から内的静穏は高め。
いたずら好き
4.5いたずら好きで活発な程度
📝 メモ
人を試し惑わす性質があるが、悪戯主体ではなく計略的。
やさしい
3.0やさしく親しみやすい程度
📝 メモ
沈着だが狡猾で人を試す性質。直接的加害は少ないが親和的とも言い難い。
厳格
6.0厳格で真面目な程度
📝 メモ
慢心を試すなど規矩を課す態度がある一方、狡猾さが柔軟さも示す。
守護的
3.5他者を守る傾向
📝 メモ
守護的逸話は乏しい。瑞兆として現れる場合はあるが積極的な保護は示されない。
神秘的
9.0神秘的で不思議な程度
📝 メモ
姿は具体相乏しく、幻惑・妖気遮蔽など不可視性が強い。文献上も等級概念として神秘性が高い。
霊性の深さ
8.5精神的境界の深さ
📝 メモ
天狐に次ぐ階位で霊威が高く、瑞兆や感応など霊的作用が深い。
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