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Tenguiwa, Tengu-Iwa 天狗岩 / テングイワ / Tengu no Iwa 天狗の岩
Legends about Tengu boulders and rocks
Tenguishi, Tengu-Ishi 天狗石 Tengu Ishi, Tengu stone
. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .
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tengu-ishi (falling stones or pebbles), also have the character of a sudden event in the solitude of the mountains or forests.
The main point of the inauspicious activities of the medieval tengu may be described as anti-Buddhism.
- source : Asian Mythologies Yves Bonnefoy -
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............................................................................... Ehime 愛媛県
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今治市
Imabara 大三島町
Omishima
. Tenguiwa, Tengu-Iwa 天狗岩 "Tengu rock" .
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Yokomakura no Iwa 横枕の岩
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今立郡
Imadate district 池田町
Ikeda
When they were digging a canal for 月ヶ瀬用水 the
Tsukigase Waterway, a Tengu came and disturbed them, throwing stones.
One of the workers went to Shikoku to pray at Konpira san and after that, the Tengu did not show up any more.
One of the rocks along the Waterway is called Tengu Iwa 天狗岩 "Tengu Rock".
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遠敷郡
Onyu district 名田庄村
Natasho
. Yama no Kami 山の神 God of the Mountain and Tengu legends .
............................................................................... Fukushima 福島県
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南会津郡
Minami-Aizu district 大宮村
Omiya mura
Below the Tengu-Iwa there is a 天狗堂 Tengu Hall on the mountain road. There are a lot of tama-ishi 玉石 cobble stones. The villagers say they have been thrown from the opposite mountain by another Tengu during a fight.
南郷の天狗伝説 with photos
- reference source : minamiaizukankou/archives... -
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南郷村
Nango mura
Tengu ishi 天狗石 / O-Degu Sama オデグ様
O-Degu Sama (Tengu Sama) is a male deity. Once he played with a woman on the other side of the river, throwing pebbles at each other.
These are the Tengu Ishi. They sometimes fall down from the mountain even in our time.
............................................................................... Gunma 群馬県
Tenguiwa Jinja 天狗岩神社 Shrine Tenguiwa
群馬県吾妻郡長野原町長野原打越 / Naganohara, Agatsuma District, Gunma
- HP of the shrine : plala.or.jp/tenguiwa... -
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前橋市
Maebashi
The Tenguiwa yoosui 天狗岩用水 Tenguiwa irrigation canal
is a name for two canals:
In 1604, 秋元長朝
Akimoto Nagatomo started the 越中堀
Etchubori canal .
In 1610, 伊那忠次 / 伊奈 忠次
Ina Tadatsugu (1550 – 1610) built the 代官堀
Daikanbori canal.
During the construction of the Etchubori, there was a huge boulder blocking the way. There came a Yamabushi mountain priest (a Tengu) and offered some prayers - now the boulder could be removed.
Thanks to the canals the Akimoto clan could extend its fields and agriculture land.
The greatfull farmers built a temple in honor of Akimoto, 光厳寺
Kogan-Ji and
erected a memorial stone, 力田遺愛碑
Ryokudeniai no hi.
Later in the Meiji period, the fifth hydroelectric power plant in Japan was built here.
- reference source : kanto/nouson/sekkei/kokuei... -
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多野郡
Tano district 上野村
Ueno
A hunter had been bewitched by a Tengu and made grappling with the root of a tree the whole night.
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Mount Hotakayama 武尊山 is a place where the Tengu live and where the Shugendo priests have a training area.
There are sanctuaries for 大天狗、小天狗の祠 the Big and Small Tengu, a 天狗屋根 Tengu Yane and a Tengu-Iwa.
. Tenguiwa, Tengu-Iwa 天狗岩 "Tengu rock" - Photo - .
............................................................................... Iwate 岩手県
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岩手町
Iwate city
If the Tengu comes to sit on the Tengu-Iwa and hit his drum, there will be fine weather in the coming year.
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東磐井郡
Higashi-Iwai district 大東村
Daito son 京津畑集落
Kyotsuhata
source snd photos : akarin-yama.at.webry.info...
On 天狗岩山 Mount Tenguiwayama (772 m)
there lived a Tengu. When the Tengu died, the mountain got its name.
On its top is a huge boulder. If it falls down one day, it will be back in its position the next morning.
The mountain is used as farmland up to about 720 m.
toraneko 虎猫 tabby
At a nunnery in Kyotsuhata there lived a tabby cat loved by all. The cat even got アンズキ飯 rice with auspicious red beans. When the cat died, they put some of this rice in the coffin and carried it to Mount Tenguiwa. The nuns begun to chant
虎や虎や、南無虎や、アンズキ飯の御徳や
Dear Tabby, Oh, Dear Tabby, It is all by virtue of the read beans rice.
............................................................................... Kagawa 香川県
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小豆郡
Shozu district
. Tengu no kamikakushi 天狗と神かくし kidnapped, abduction .
............................................................................... Kanagawa 神奈川県
Tengu Ishi 天狗石 Tengu Stone
A child that had been missing for a while was heard crying on the mountain on the other side of the valley.
It must have been abducted by a Tengu. On the mountain near 舟原 Funabara there is a Tengu Ishi.
............................................................................... Kochi 高知県
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土佐山
Tosayama
Once upon a time, a man had gotten secret teachings from a Tengu and could perform various rituals and spells.
At a festival, he exchanged questions and answers with a Tengu for a long time, but the other villagers could not hear or see a thing. Later they named the spot Tengu-Iwa and came to celebrate there once a year.
............................................................................... Kyoto 京都府
京丹波町
Kyo-Tanba
Once upon a very long time, the Tengu frequently came to take a rest on the Tenguiwa.
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本吉郡
Motoyoshi district 南三陸町
Minamisanriku
Once upon a time, a Tengu had come all the way from 岩木山 Mount Iwakisan in Aomori, but by mistake he hurt his eye at the 杉 pine tree. The Tengu cut down the tree and placed a huge stone in its place, this is now the Tenguishi, Tengu Ishi 天狗石 Tengo stone.
............................................................................... Nagano 長野県
Nobutaroo 信太郎 Nobutaro
Once Nobutaro went with a friend to 有明山
Mount Ariakeyama. When they tried to jump over the Tenguiwa, their bodies became an enormous in size and they jumped over 馬羅尾谷 Baraodani valley and disappeared.
Nobutaro's father 久作 Kyusaku, who had lost his only son, went everywhere to look for him. He could not find him and had to work in the fields all alone from that time on.
He build a small sanctuary for Nobutaro, 信の宮 Nobu no Miya.
有明山 Mount Ariakeyama (2268m).
Ariakeyama is also called Shino Fuji 信濃富士 Mount Fuji of the Shino region.
. Ariakeyama 有明山 Ariakesan, Mount Ariake .
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飯山市
Iiyama
On top of 高社山
Mount Koshasan (1,352 m) there is a 天狗岩 Tengu Iwa.
Tenguiwayama 天狗岩山 (1,070 m)
Locates in the Eastern part of the mountain range, this peak is seldom climbed by mountaineers.
There are a few waterfalls on the way up.
山頂にはかなり古い年代の自然石石碑と山頂標板があるだけで、 展望も西方が僅かに開けているだけです。地形図には山名がありませんが、滝ノ沢川の源頭と言うことから地元では呼んでいます。
地形図にもその名が記されている天狗岩山ですが、長野県に数多くある天狗(天狗山・天狗岳他)と名のつく山で、登山道がないのは この天狗岩山だけかも知れません。
- reference source : naganoken.jp/mount/hokushin/shiga-w/tenguiwa... -
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北佐久郡
Kita-Saku district 立科町
Tateshina
Many Tengu came together at the top of this boulder. On orders of the deity 立科明神
Tateshina Myojin to figure out the 善悪 good and evil in this world.
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Suwa, 上諏訪町
Kami-Suwa machi
Tengu Ishi 天狗石 Tengu Stone
In 大和 Yamato at Kami-Suwa there is a Tengu Stone. They say it looks just like a Tengu face, hence the name.
Others say once a Tengu had come down here to take a rest.
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鏡野町
Kagamino
source and more photos : geocities.jp/komaithi/b/ctenguiwa...
鏡野町上斎原天狗岩 Kagamino Kamisaibara 1,196 m high
source and more photos : sanjyuunin-kagaminotyou...
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苫田郡
Tomata district 富村
Tomison
Tenguiwa, Tengu-Iwa 天狗岩 Tengu Iwa boulder
The Tengu from 大山 Mount Daisen sometimes comes here to rest his wings. In winter people can here a strange sound of flapping wings and there will be snow the next day.
There is also the phenomenon of
. Tengu-daoshi, Tengu daoshi 天狗倒し "Tengu knocking down trees" .
............................................................................... Saitama 埼玉県
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奥秩父
Oku-Chichibu
. Tenguiwa, Tengu-Iwa 天狗岩 "Tengu boulder" .
and the Tengu from 倉尾村 Kurao and 小鹿野町 Ogano
There was a Tengu Boulder near the waterfall 七代の滝 Nanayo no Taki, where a Tengu lived. Once a priest from the nearby temple used it to pee.
If the visitors in his temple wanted to eat Tofu from Tokoy, the Tengu went off to fetch it in no time.
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Kokushidake no Tengu-Iwa 国師岳の天狗岩 Tengu Rock, Tengu Boulder
Mount Kokushidake is 2591 m high.
............................................................................... Shiga 滋賀県
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伊香郡
Ina district 余呉町
Yogo
In a place called 平洞 Hedo in the middle of the mountain there is a
matsu 松 pine tree, where the Tengu comes to rest.
There is also a Tengu-Iwa nearby.
. Tengu to matsu 天狗と松 Legends about the Tengu pine .
............................................................................... Shizuoka 静岡県
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榛原郡
Haibara district 本川根町
Honkawane
Tenguishiyama 天狗石山Mount Tenguishiyama 1,366 m
If there is fog on Mount Tenguishi, it is going to rain
- There are other mountains with this name in Japan.
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浜松市
Hamamatsu 三ケ日町
Mikkabi
There is a Tengu-Iwa where a Tengu lives and parents tell their children, if they do not behave, the Tengu will come and get them.
If you see the Tengu, put your
zoori 草履 straw sandals on your head to hide!
. waraji - zoori 草鞋- 履 と伝説 Legends about straw sandals .
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庵原郡
Ihara 両河内村
Ryogochi
A man was making charcoal near the Tengu-Iwa. Suddenly he heard a loud noise, like flutes and drums for a festival. But he could not see anybody.
This was the doing of the local Tengu.
............................................................................... Tokushima 徳島県
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海部郡
Ama district 宍喰町
Shishikui
At the Tengu-Iwa there are imprints of the
geta 下駄 wooden clogs of the Tengu and the hooves of his horse.
Once at New Year an old lady living nearby heard the sound of drums and festival bells and became so afraid, she shut all the doors and windows of her home.
. geta 下駄 ashida 足駄 Geta wooden clogs and legends .
............................................................................... Tokyo 東京都
琴平神社の天狗岩 Kotohira Jinja, Tengu-Iwa
東京都あきる野市五日市 / Itsukaichi, Akiruno, Tokyo
- reference source : blog.goo.ne.jp/ruribo0209... photos -
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岩美郡
Iwami district
Once a man faced a financial problem near a place called
Zenibatake ゼニバタケ / 銭畑 "Field of Zeni coins" in front of the Tengu-Iwa.
Suddenly a Tengu appeared and spread a lot of
zeni out for him.
. zeni, kozeni 銭、小銭 coins of Edo .
. Tengu to zeni 天狗と銭 Legends about Tengu and coins .
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Tengu Ishi 天狗石 Tengu Stone
On the 10th day of the first lunar month, many Tengu gather at Mount Tengusumotoriyama to have a contest.
There is a mountain called 二ッ石山
Futatsuishiyama "Mountain with two stones", where once two 天狗石 Tengu-Ishi had been.
. Tengu sumootori yama 天狗角力取山 Tengusumotoriyama
Mountain where Tengu practise Sumo wrestling .
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Mt. Tenguishi, Ogure, Kitahiroshima, Yamagata District, Hiroshima Prefecture
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みなべ町
Manabe
In 名之内
Myonouchi there are two rocks called Tengu-Iwa. The Tengu come here to rest.
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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
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