Nine-tailed fox, good luck or dangerous temptation

Nine-tailed fox, good luck or dangerous temptation

In the Chinese folktale, the nine-tailed is a mythological creature that looks like a fox, has nine tails, and cries like a baby.

Initially, the nine-tailed fox is a symbol of a good marriage and a prosperous future. According to Classic of Mountains and Rivers, a man named Yu, who controlled the flood and saved a lot of people, met the nine-tailed fox and reckoned that it could bring him good luck. Yu married the nine-tailed fox and then he became the emperor of Xia density.   

Later, however, the nine-tailed fox was portrayed as a seductive humanlike being, with dangerous temptation embodied by women regularly throughout some Chinese legends and sagas.