Posted by stan sakai on September 09, 2002 at 7:30 PM:
In Reply to: Re: Badger Character?? posted by Aaron Digulla a.k.a. Philmann Dark on September 09, 2002 at 1:45 PM:
: Ahh... yes... you mean the first "priest" who "helped" the princess while Usagi and the samurai were distracted with the beast on the roof, right?
That's the guy. According to folktales, the tanuki would frequently transform himself into a bonze--a Buddhist priest. There is one story in which it changed into a tea kettle.