Line #10 Literature/HuntersMoon1989

Context Literature / HuntersMoon1989

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2	[[caption-width-right:278:Front cover]]
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4	''Hunter's Moon'', also known as ''The Foxes Of Firstdark'', is a 1989 novel by Creator/GarryKilworth.
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6	The story revolves around red foxes. The protagonist is a vixen named O-ha. O-ha lives with her mate A-ho in the English countryside. After A-ho dies, O-ha must survive on her own without her mate.
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8	Not to be confused with the 2016 book ''Literature/HuntersMoon''.
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11	!!''Hunter's Moon'' provides examples of:
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13	* AnimalNamingConventions: Foxes in England have names like O-ha, A-ho, A-konkon, O-sollo, O-mitz, and A-cam. Vixens have "O-" names and dog foxes have "A-" names. Dog foxes change their names to reflect their mates. A-ran changed his name to A-ho after coupling with O-ho. Camio is the OddNameOut because he's American.
14	* AnimalReligion:
15	** Foxes worship the winds.
16	** The fox afterlife is Perfect Here.
17	** [[HumansAreCthulhu Humans]] are an EldritchAbomination race born from the PrimordialChaos. Kind of like the Primordial Monsters from WesternAnimation/AdventureTime, but for foxes.
18	** The world was built by gods such as A-O the fox and Sen-Sen the wolf.
19	** Foxes pray before and after eating. They also pray before entering dens.
20	* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Foxes believe the moon is detached spirit of the sun. Winds are also seen as deities.
21	* DeathOfAChild: Of O-ha's first litter, [[spoiler:there are no survivors]]. Of her second, [[spoiler:only half survive]].
22	* EarNotch: A-ho's right ear has a v-shaped clip that he received as a cub, playing with his siblings.
23	* HumansAreCthulhu: Foxes fear humans so much that their CreationMyth has humans being born of the sea-of-chaos. O-ha considers them "unreachable", but not unnatural.
24	* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:A-konkon]] commits ritual suicide and causes the humans to worry there's a rabies outbreak.
25	* JustSoStory: In the days of Firstdark, when the universe was dark, ''Groff'' came and created the sun for humans to hunt. He plunged his hand into the dirt and came up with a ball of fire. When he threw the sun into the sky, its soul detached into the moon.
26	* MatureAnimalStory: The story is about red foxes, but it's not aimed at kids. To start off, it has a fairly graphic depiction of mating early on.

Context Literature / HuntersMoon1989