Does this mean the priest’s purification ritual has placated the beast? Or is it an omen of something else to come?
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Mist descends upon Japan’s “Killing Stone” after ceremony to appease nine-tailed fox spirit
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Oona McGee
Mar 28, 2022 - Tweet
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Japan’s “killing stone” splits in two, possibly unleashing evil nine-tailed fox spirit
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Oona McGee
Mar 8, 2022
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