Tanuki is a wonderful creature, somewhere between a dog and a raccoon, He is much prized by the Japanese and he has wonderful magical talents, such as being able to turn himself into a tea pot and hide in a room. Other times, he is tossing around his very large scrotum, sometimes resting his meal on it. And my favorite, wearing his scrotum as a cape. What's not to love?
Midori Snyder is the author of nine books for children and adults, published in English, French, Dutch, and Italian. She won the Mythopoeic Award for The Innamorati, a novel inspired by early Roman myth and the Italian "Commedia dell'Arte" tradition....
