In Izumi, 920 AD, a nobleman called Abe no Yasuna risked his life battling a hunter to save a white fox. That fox was Kuzunoha, a kami. She later came to him in human form and tended his wounds. They fell in love, married and had a son, Abe no Seimei, who inherited some of her powers. She was forced to leave after Seimei one day glimpsed her tail and discovered her true nature; she left a poem asking them to meet her in Shinoda Forest, where she gave Seimei the ability to understand animals.