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Tobyo-gitsune (Tottori)
Tobyo-gitsune is a fox-possession yokai of Yazu-gun and Tottori City in Tottori, cited in Izumo Minzoku (1950). Source: Nichibunken Folklore Database.
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A fox-possession yokai of Tottori (Yazu-gun and Tottori City), recorded in Izumo Minzoku (1950).
Description
Tobyo-gitsune is a fox-possession yokai registered in the Nichibunken (International Research Center for Japanese Studies) Strange Phenomena and Yokai Folklore Database. The region field records Yazu-gun and Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture. The source card cites Renbutsu Shigetoshi, "Kitsune-tsuki to Tobyo-gitsune," in Izumo Minzoku (1950). IZANORA preserves the source-card metadata and region as the anchor and adds relations from the cited source and region, alongside related possession-fox traditions of the San'in region.
Sources
日文研 怪異・妖怪伝承データベース: とうびょう狐
Primary source蓮仏重寿
蓮仏重寿、「狐つきととうびょう狐」、『出雲民俗』、1950年、国際日本文化研究センター「怪異・妖怪伝承データベース」ID 0140010
https://www.nichibun.ac.jp/cgi-bin/YoukaiDB3/youkai_card.cgi?ID=0140010トウビョウ - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
トウビョウ（中国・四国の蛇神型憑き物）の特徴・トウビョウ持ち家筋・道通様信仰・蛇信仰遺習について整理。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%82%A6%E3%83%93%E3%83%A7%E3%82%A6
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