Always throw salt on your feet and body before entering a house after coming from a funeral, to purify your body and soul from evil or bad spirits. Crafty animals Animals are also thought of as being mischievous beings and also good luck charms. Foxes are thought of as demonic possessors. When foxes possess humans, they can form nervous disorders or delusions. The human can hear what the fox is saying or thinking and both can engage in arguments with each other.
Foxes can enter through the breast or through the space between the fingernail and the flesh.
A fox can possess your body if you believe in the reality of its existence. In Yokohama, a prefecture in Japan, there are many short-tailed cats roaming the city. If a cat is born with a long tail, many owners will cut it off because long-tailed cats are believed to possess powers of bewitching humans. Owners of cats believe this because when the long tail of a cat moves from side to side, it looks like a snake slithering. However, tabby cats are believed to be good luck.