Tanuki
Myth Of The Tanuki
The stories Tanuki are the eternal pranksters with magical abilities similar to faerie glamour, enabling them to pass off leaves and pebbles as notes and coins to trick unsuspecting humans.
Tanuki’s can also shape shift by putting a leaf on their head and would often take human form. Tanukis are traditionally fond of eating and drinking, and many of their tricks, such as kidnapping brides and impersonating them to attend a wedding feast, are simply to get good food and drink.Tanki’s shape shifting isn’t limited simply to human form, in one famous folk story ‘Bunbuku Chagama’ a Tanuki father transforms himself into a Japanese style teakettle which his wife sells to an antiques dealer to make money for his family.
Despite all this deceit Tanukis aren’t seem as being really bad, simply mischievous and life loving. When they do come into conflict with humans it can be seen as an ecological warning, just as real tanukis (like western raccoons and urban foxes) are forced into contact wth humans due to the destruction of their habitat so fictional Tanukis and forced into closer and closer proximity with humans too – but they can use all their trickery to fight back.
Personality
♥Kind ♥Easily can make cry if you're mean to her.
♥Most of the time Joyfull