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Line 38: === Izuna === An ''izuna'' is a fox servant, employed by certain "sorcerers" called ''izuna-tsukai'' (''izuna'' users) in the Shinano Region ([[Nagano Prefecture]]);{{sfnp\|Casal\|1959\|p=22}} these [[familiars]] may also be employed by other [[psychic]] type religious ofor spiritual professionals in [[Niigata Prefecture]] and other parts of the Northeast, as well as in the [[Chūbu region]],{{sfnp\|Fukuda\|Kanda\|Shintani\|2006\|p=40}} and those who profess to have special powers claim to perform clairvoyancy with the use of the ''izuna''.{{sfnp\|Fukuda\|Kanda\|Shintani\|2006\|p=40}} The sorcerer was also believed capable of harming his client's enemies using the ''izuna'', causing them to become [[Spirit possession\|possessed]] or to fall ill.{{sfnp\|Fukuda\|Kanda\|Shintani\|2006\|p=40}} The ''izuna'' is considered by some believers to be a servant of the deity called the {{illm\|Izuna gongen\|ja\|飯縄権現}} or Īzuna gongen, typically represented as a [[tengu]] standing on a white fox.{{sfnp\|Fukuda\|Kanda\|Shintani\|2006\|p=40}}<ref name="faure2015"/> Therefore, the sorcerer (''izuna-tsukai'') sometimes may be a worshipper of this particular ''[[gongen]]'' deity, however, that is not always the case.{{sfnp\|Yanagita\|1964b\|p=103}}

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