Were Wolves

Have you ever thought about the word "Werewolf"? The Wolf part is easy enough-- duh, they turn into wolves. So you end up with stories about "werecats" and "werebears" and anything else you can find in the Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manual XIV.

But "were" also means wolf. There aren't any cats that turn into wolves, or any bears that turn into wolves, and I am NOT a fox that turns into a wolf for the love of little green apples! So, despite the lack of elegance, I'm going to call myself a "fox-shifter" for accuracy and a "kitsune" for poetry.

In Japanese stories, kitsune are not humans that turn into foxes-- they are foxes that can turn into humans, or just about anything else that's needed to trick the story to an end. This blog's title-- "Kitsune bi" or foxfire-- is my way of trying to bring a little light to the situation.