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Inari vs Kitsune - What's the difference?

inari | kitsune |

As nouns the difference between inari and kitsune

is that inari is a type of sushi with rice wrapped in a fried tofu (油揚げ) bag while kitsune is a Japanese fox spirit, normally female, said to have powers such as shape-shifting, and whose power is symbolized by increase in number of tails.

As a proper noun Inari

is : god of harvests, fertility, rice, agriculture, foxes, industry, and worldly success.

inari

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (mythology, Shinto): god of harvests, fertility, rice, agriculture, foxes, industry, and worldly success

    • Etymology 2

    Proper noun

    (Inari) (en proper noun)
  • A lake in Finnish Lapland.
  • A municipality in Finland, and its central village.
  • A Saami language: the Inari Sami.

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    Anagrams

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    kitsune

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (mythology) a Japanese fox spirit, normally female, said to have powers such as shape-shifting, and whose power is symbolized by increase in number of tails

    • See also

    * (wikipedia "kitsune") * (Vulpes vulpes japonica) ----