A previously unknown medieval manuscript was recently discovered during an inventory of the archives of a Buddhist monastery in Nagoya, Japan. How this manuscript found its way to Nagoya is unknown, but its origins appear to be from Inner Asia. It was written in Chagatai, the classical Turkish of Central Asia, although internal clues, such as particular Buddhist invocations and geographic references, suggest a strong Mongol element. This manuscript appears to date from the 1500s, although there are no precise clues, and is the earliest known reference to the legend of the fox spirit among Inner Asian nomads.
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