Gumiho (구미호): The Korean Nine-Tailed Fox
The Gumiho (구미호), sometimes spelled Kumiho in older romanization, is one of the most iconic and complex figures in Korean mythology. She is a fox spirit with nine tails, a creature both feared and desired, and a symbol of the dangerous intersection of beauty, appetite, and transformation. While similar in broad outline to the Japanese kitsune and Chinese huli jing,
