ZodiacZero In reply to KopaLeo [2015-12-29 14:56:42 +0000 UTC]
The lore/story:
"This summer I decided to clean the basement, there was a lot of old stuff on it, but then I found a beautiful hand carved chest forgotten just there, it seemed to have oriental motifs, and some scriptures in kanji, however, the box had a lock with an open fan carved on it . Immediately, I wanted to know what the content was, and that idea haunted me for several days.
I tried to open the lock with multiple keys, but it did not work at all, the contents of that chest kept me intrigued though. Then it occurred to me that those kanji could have the instructions or at leart it would give me a clue, so I look for its meaning in the network. For my surprise, the translation was quite unusual, "bring luck to the world." I found it a little bit strange, and I went back to the chest to verify that in fact, the kanji were correct, while I was checking, I repeated that phrase, it was then that the lock felt! I jumped back, and watch how the top of the chest opened by itself.
Although I was a little scared, my curiosity was greater than my fear, and decided to approach to look what was inside of the chest. BEAUTIFUL FANS! They were of all colors and sizes. I took one, and appreciated the pattern design, but then, something even more strange happened, the bottom of the fan lit, and drew a silhouette, it was something like a fox. Yeah, I was holding the strangest fox I've ever seen in my hands, but it was very friendly and playful, hopped around.
I took another pair of fans, spread them and discovered that they were all foxes of all colors.
Inside the box, I found a scroll, after a research, I found the scroll was telling a story in where Inari, the Japanese god of foxes and Benzaiten, the goddess of everything that flows and one of the 7 Gods of Fortune, had created these foxes to attract good luck, so I think that is their mission."
And here's a diagram explaining how one would make a Foxfan
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