文献罕见，但是汉代的考古文物中常常见到这样的图像，九尾狐作为西王母的一个动物扈从列侍(如图：西王母、九尾狐和其他侍从，公元1至2世纪四川墓砖，感谢四川大学陈霞)。

Hardly seen in literary texts, but commonly found in Han archaeological artifacts, was the image of the nine-tailed fox as one of the Queen Mother of the West's animal attendants (figure I.).28.

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