"The Fox Before She Was a Villain"

Before the nine-tailed fox was blamed for ending an empire, an identical creature was credited with founding one. This episode traces the myth back to its origin — the flood-control hero Yu the Great, a strategic marriage, and a symbol of legitimacy that, a thousand years later, got weaponized into the very same legend of corruption we've been following. Episode 5 of an animated series exploring the darkest myths of East Asian history.