Have you ever heard of Proust’s madeleine? It is highly likely that you have, but if not, it is the brain’s natural tendency to associate a memory with a smell, a sound, a place, and so on…
Or more accurately, in present-day East Asia, but it’s the Japanese version of this legendary creature that has spread most widely in the West. I am referring, of course, to the legendary nine-tailed fox, also known to some as kitsune (although purists might prefer kyūbi no kitsune). These foxes were said to obtain a new […]

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