 | Nicholas Belfield Dennys - Social Science - 1870 - 188 pages
...nursery story of " Beauty and the Beast") into human shape after making acquaintance with its host. "At the age of 50 the fox can take the form of a woman, and at that of 100 can assume the appearance of a young and beautiful girl. When 1000 years old he is admitted... | |
 | 1897 - 918 pages
...temple! — Rev. J. Macintyre in "Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society," China Branch, Vol. 21. The fox n and f fifty he can assume the form of a woman, at one hundred that of a young and beautiful girl. . . When... | |
 | William Giuseppi Gulland - Porcelain - 1911 - 568 pages
...preventing success in business is very much dreaded by the people." Mayers, p. 61 : " Hu, or hu-li, the fox. A beast whose nature is highly tinged with...frequently assumes the human shape. At the age of fifty, the fox can take the form of a woman ; and at a hundred, can assume the appearance of a young... | |
 | William Giuseppe Gulland - Porcelain - 1911 - 566 pages
...preventing success in business is very much dreaded by the people." Mayers, p. 61 : " Hu, or hu-li, the fox. A beast whose nature is highly tinged with...frequently assumes the human shape. At the age of fifty, the fox can take the form of a woman ; and at a hundred, can assume the appearance of a young... | |
 | Charles Alfred Speed Williams - Social Science - 1976 - 520 pages
...the country, and are, therefore, regarded as the transmigrated souls of deceased mortals. "The fox is a beast whose nature is highly tinged with supernatural...take the form of a woman, and at 100 can assume the appearancc; of a young and beautiful girl, or otherwise, if so minded, of a wizard, possessing all... | |
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The fox is a beast whose nature is highly tinged with supernatural qualities. He has the power of transformation at his command, and frequently assumes the human shape. At the age of 50 the fox can take the form of a woman, and at 100 can assume the appearance... 