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Jiuweihu / Nine-tailed fox (九尾狐): Jiuweihu is a beast that lives in *Qingqiushan (青丘山). It looks like fox but has nine tails. Its sound is like crying of a baby. It will eat human but if people eat its meat, they can ward off evil.

Generally, Jiuweihu will gain additional tails as they grow older and more powerful, with a total of nine tails being the maximum number.

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Reference

Creatures and Beings of China Folklore and Lower Mythology . . . (n.d.). Cryptid Wiki. Retrieved September 14, 2021, from https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Creatures_and_Beings_of_China_Folklore_and_Lower_Mythology

Chinese Bestiary. (2017, June 7). Immortal Mountain. https://immortalmountain.wordpress.com/glossary/chinese-bestiary/

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