 Kitsunetsuki ( Japanese : 狐憑き , 狐付き ) , also written kitsune @-@ tsuki , literally means " the state of being possessed by a fox " . The victim is usually a young woman , whom the fox enters beneath her fingernails or through her breasts . In some cases , the victims ' facial expressions are said to change in such a way that they resemble those of a fox . Japanese tradition holds that fox possession can cause illiterate victims to temporarily gain the ability to read . Though foxes in folklore can possess a person of their own will , kitsunetsuki is often attributed to the malign intents of hereditary fox employers , or tsukimono @-@ suji . 
 Kitsunetsuki ( Japanese : 狐憑き , 狐付き ) , also written kitsune @-@ tsuki , literally <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>means</mark></a> " the state of being possessed by a fox " . The victim <a href='drop_aux' title='2'><mark>is</mark></a>usually a young woman , whom the fox enters beneath her fingernails or through her breasts . In some cases , the victims <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'</mark></a>facial expressions are said to change in such a way <a href='null_relcl' title='4'><mark>that</mark></a>they resemble those of a fox . Japanese tradition <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>holds</mark></a> that fox possession can cause illiterate victims to temporarily gain the ability to read . Though foxes in folklore can possess a person of their own will , kitsunetsuki is often attributed to the malign intents of hereditary fox employers , or tsukimono @-@ suji . 
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