Timeline for Why 1000 years and not 900 or 800 years for kitsune to ascend to heaven?
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| Sep 27, 2019 at 21:50 | comment | added | Lucian | Each century, except the last, they grow a tail, nine in total. During the last century of the millennium, instead of growing yet another tenth tail, they ascend to heaven instead. | |
| May 12, 2018 at 23:28 | comment | added | DukeZhou | @Semaphore I stand corrected. (Numerology certainly plays an important role in Chinese mythology dating back to the Lo Shu Turtle, but here your making the point that 1000 is being used euphemistically. This reminds me of wider usage of the Roman numeral M, and I will also note that in Chinese martial folklore, the idea of "training for 10 years" has become something of a trope!) | |
| May 12, 2018 at 6:19 | comment | added | Semaphore | This isn't a Japanese tradition but actually a Chinese one that became known in Japan. So @DukeZhou the reason for "1000" is not so much about magic number as it is that "thousand" is a single character in Chinese and used figuratively to designate "great numbers". The original source material is better translated as "After reaching an ancient age, the fox reaches the heavens and become a celestial fox." | |
| May 12, 2018 at 1:45 | history | edited | Andrew Johnson |
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| May 11, 2018 at 19:18 | comment | added | DukeZhou | Good question. The number likely has significance, but strict base 10 is not so common in terms of magic numbers, in my experience. Look into numerology. | |
| May 8, 2018 at 14:55 | history | asked | Andrew Johnson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |