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2018-02-14

Tengu sennin immortal legends

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sennin 天狗と仙人伝説 Legends about Tengu and Immortals

. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .
- Introduction -

. sennin　仙人と伝説 Legends about Immortals .

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- What is the difference between a Tengu and a Sennin?
Tengu are part of the Buddhist realm and Sennin belong to the realm of Chinese Daoism 道教.
There are also shinsen, shinzen 神仙 Sennin of the Daoist tradition, who possess jintsuuriki, jinzuriki, shintsuuriki 神通力 supernatural power.

Some 阿闍梨 Ajari or 山伏 Yamabushi can turn to Tengu.

Humans with supernatural powers can go to the 天狗界 Tengu World or the 仙人界 Sennin World.
11 stories about Tengu are told in the 今昔物語 Konjaku Monogatari, a collection of over one thousand tales written during the late Heian period (794–1185) .
The stories portray Tengu as enemies of Buddhism, setting fires at temples or tricking priests. Priests who attain special powers through religious discipline, but use these powers for their own ends were thought to enter in the next life the transmigratory realm of Tengudou 天狗道.
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. The most important 48 Tengu of Japan - 四十八天狗 .

. Nihon no sennin 日本の仙人37人 - 37Japanese Immortals and Hermits .

. 日本の仏仙人16人 - The 16 Buddhist Immortals of Japan .

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Some tales can be found in a collection of Toyota Toki とよた時
天狗・仙人妖怪ばなし Tales about Tengu, Sennin and Yokai Monsters
- reference source : とよた時 -

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In China all kinds of Sennin are worshipped. In Japan all kinds of Tengu are worshipped.
The Sennin of Tang China are almost like Tengu. The wings of Tengu are probably from the imagination of painters.

Many Sennin in the meaning of "mountain hermit" are found in Japan, like 役小角 En no Ozuno En-no-Gyôja 役行者 or 久米 Kume.

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. Torakichi 虎吉 sennin no moji 仙人の文字 letters of Torakichi .

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............................................................................... Ehime 愛媛県
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喜多郡 Kita district 内子町 Uchiko // 越智郡 Ochi district 小田町 Oda

Tengu live deep in the mountains and practise to get supernatural power. They are like Sennin.
If a wicked bad person goes to the mountain, the Tengu will throw them out. Tengu do not like impurities.

............................................................................... Iwate 岩手県
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氣仙郡 Kessen district 唐丹村 Toni

. O-Shirasama, oshirasama おしらさま、オシラサマ "White Deity" .
legends of 飛行というと天狗 a flying Tengu or the sennin 仙人 Immortals helping humans.

............................................................................... Tokushima 徳島県
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板野郡 Itano district

. toita sennin 戸板仙人 Sennin of the Wooden Door .
atthe back of 大麻比古神社 Oasahiko Shrine there lived a Tengu.

............................................................................... Yamanashi 山梨県

The sennin 仙人 Immortal from 金が岳 Mount Kanagatake (1,764 m) named 新左衛門 Shinzaemon
and the Tengu from 茅ヶ岳 Mount Kayagatake (1,703 m) named 江草孫右衛門 Magoemon from Egusa were on bad terms.
The Immortal jumped into the sky, made a strong wind and called the clouds. He could also take any human shape he liked. He was almost a Yokai monster Immortal.
The Immortal sometimes shape-shifted into a ball of fire to show the Tengu that he was still a novice in the field.

source : toki.moo.jp/merumaga/reizan...

茅ヶ岳の天狗伝説 The Tengu legend from Mount Kayagatake.

Magoemon is a human who trained to become a Tengu, others say he is the Immortal from Mount Kayagatake.
Once he climbed the mountain to do some work, and when he came back to his home, three family generations had passed and nobody remembered him.
He was so sad, he went back to the mountain and practised 神通力 to gain divine powers.
He lived around 1520 during the times of Takeda Nobutora, the father of Takeda Shingen, in the village of Egusa.
He sometimes appeared when farmers were working in the forest and helped them cut trees. He even ate the food they shared with him.
When they gave him a leaf of tobacco, he put it on his palm and then ate it.
Time passed on in the village of Egusa. Now it is around 1715.
The woodworkers saw a huge human like a monster stand on the rocks. The beard was upside down and covered his face with white hair. His huge eyes rolled around. The villagers fled in great fear. Then there was a strong wind and black clouds showed in the sky . . . all because the villagers had disturbed Magoemon in his mountain retreat.

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西八代郡 Nishi-Yatsushiro district 市川三郷町 Ichikawamisato

takara no oogi 宝の扇 magic hand fan
Once upon a time
there lived a naughty boy named 悪太郎 Akutaro (Bad Taro). A Sennin made him promise to change his ways and become a good boy and gave him a magic hand fan to make his own nose long or short as he wished. With this hand fan he was able to help in a fight of a Tengu and a 荒神 Kojin Wild Deity.
Akutaro could also use the fan to travel in the air.
Later this magic fan turned up in the hands of a Samurai and when enemies of Japan came from a foreign country, he could make the noses of the enemy turn long or cut them off.
The fan became venerated like a God of War 軍神.

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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -

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. sennin　仙人と伝説 Legends about Immortals .

. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .

. Tengupedia - 天狗ペディア　- Tengu ABC-List.

. Legends about Kobo Daishi Kukai - 弘法大師　空海 - 伝説 .

. Japanese legends and tales 伝説　民話　昔話 - Introduction .

- Yookai 妖怪 Yokai Monsters of Japan -

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2018-02-10

Tengu hinotama fire ball legends

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............................................................................... Aichi 愛知県
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知多郡 Chita district 南知多町 Minami-Chita

. isotengu 磯天狗 "Seashore Tengu", a Sea Yokai monster.
at 鳶ヶ崎 Tobigasaki

............................................................................... Ehime 愛媛県
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松山市 Matsuyama

. Tengu at 三津浜 Mitsuhama .

............................................................................... Gifu 岐阜県
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加茂郡 Kamo district

. The Tengu is also called 狗賓 Guhin / Kuhin .
He lives in the deep forest and produced balls of fire at night to frighten the villagers. ...

............................................................................... Gunma 群馬県

. kawa tengu, kawatengu 川天狗 "river Tengu".
Most Great Tengu 大天狗 live alone in a region, only allowing some Karasu Tengu to be their followers.
Sometimes they produce the tengubi 天狗火 "Tengu fire" , hi no tama 火の玉 ball of fire; to show the borders and protect their territory.
This is done by kawa tengu 川天狗 "river Tengu".

天狗の川狩 Tengu fishing at a river
葛飾北斎 Katsushika Hokusai

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. a Legend from 昭和町 Showa town .

............................................................................... Kanagawa 神奈川県

. kawa tengu, kawatengu 川天狗 "river Tengu".
- Kawatengoo 川天狗（かわてんごう） Kawatengo, Kawa Tengo
- 仁助兄弟 The Nisuke brothers at Misawamure village 三沢村三井の霧ヶ瀬
- 内郷村 Uchigomura
- 津久井郡 Tsukui district 城山町 Shiroyama

............................................................................... Mie 三重県
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員弁郡 Inabe district 梅戸井村 Umedoi

. kawa tengu, kawatengu 川天狗 "river Tengu".

............................................................................... Tokushima 徳島県

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那賀郡 Naka district 相生町 Aioi

A man went to the forest with his father to do some work. After a while they took a break. Suddenly a white ball of fire came floating past, with a white tail at the end. Then they heard the sound of a terrible mountain slide, as if someone had felled a huge tree. They hurried home in great fear.
His father told him that they had been on special land where the Shiba Tengu lived and he does not like to be disturbed.

. shiba tengu 柴天狗 Shiba Tengu, Shibatengu .

............................................................................... Tokyo 東京都

. kawa tengu, kawatengu 川天狗 "river Tengu".

............................................................................... Yamanashi 山梨県

The sennin 仙人 Immortal from 金が岳 Mount Kanagatake (1,764 m) named 新左衛門 Shinzaemon
and the Tengu from 茅ヶ岳 Mount Kayagatake (1,703 m) named 江草孫右衛門 Magoemon from Egusa were on bad terms.
The Immortal jumped into the sky, made a strong wind and called the clouds. He could also take any human shape he liked. He was almost a Yokai monster Immortal.
The Immortal sometimes shape-shifted into a ball of fire to show the Tengu that he was still a novice in the field.

source : toki.moo.jp/merumaga/reizan...

茅ヶ岳の天狗伝説 The Tengu legend from Mount Kayagatake.

Magoemon is a human who trained to become a Tengu, others say he is the Immortal from Mount Kayagatake.
Once he climbed the mountain to do some work, and when he came back to his home, three family generations had passed and nobody remembered him.
He was so sad, he went back to the mountain and practised 神通力 to gain divine powers.
He lived around 1520 during the times of Takeda Nobutora, the father of Takeda Shingen, in the village of Egusa.
He sometimes appeared when farmers were working in the forest and helped them cut trees. He even ate the food they shared with him.
When they gave him a leaf of tobacco, he put it on his palm and then ate it.
Time passed on in the village of Egusa. Now it is around 1715.
The woodworkers saw a huge human like a monster stand on the rocks. The beard was upside down and covered his face with white hair. His huge eyes rolled around. The villagers fled in great fear. Then there was a strong wind and black clouds showed in the sky . . . all because the villagers had disturbed Magoemon in his mountain retreat.

. sennin　仙人と伝説 Legends about Immortals .

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Mt. Kayagatake is well known for being the place where Kyuya Fukada, writer and mountaineer who published the One hundred top mountains of Japan, passed away.
It is also part of the one hundred top mountains of Yamanashi.
Due to its similar appearance to the nearby Mt. Yatsugatake, it is sometimes known as “Nise Yatsu” (Phony Yatsu). From the summit, the Southern Alps, Mt. Yatsugatake, Mt. Fuji and more can be seen. There are also many places to view the cherry trees and the red leaves during their respective seasons.
During spring season you will find the cherry blossom tunnel known as “Senbonzakura Park” near the trailhead to the mountain, along with a viewing platform from where you can enjoy the sight of mountains such as Mt. Fuji. Then, in autumn you can also come appreciate the beauty of the red leaves. Furthermore, you will also find the Sunflower field of Akeno near the trailhead leading to the mountain path, a spot where about 600,000 sunflowers bloom fully during summer season! Please don’t miss out the opportunity to come see and enjoy the mountain climbing and magnificent nature of Kayagatake!
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茅ヶ岳 and 金ヶ岳

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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -

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. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .

. Tengupedia - 天狗ペディア　- Tengu ABC-List.

. Legends about Kobo Daishi Kukai - 弘法大師　空海 - 伝説 .

. Japanese legends and tales 伝説　民話　昔話 - Introduction .

- Yookai 妖怪 Yokai Monsters of Japan -

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2018-01-14

Tengu matsu pine legends

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Tengu to matsu 天狗と松 Legends about the Tengu pine

. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .
- Introduction -

source : choichi.cocolog-nifty.com/blog...
Tengu-Matsu at 牛伏山 Ushibuseyama, Gunma

Tengumatsu, Tengu matsu 天狗松
Tengu no matsu 天狗の松
Tengu no koshikake matsu 天狗の腰掛松
Tengu no yasumiki 天狗の休み木 a tree where the Tengu take a rest
Tengu no tomarigi テングノトマリギ（天狗のとまり木）a tree where Tengu take a rest

. matsu 松 pine tree - introduction .
There are various types of PINE in Japan.

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. shinboku 神木, shinju　神樹　sacred tree, divine tree

There are a few legends about sacred trees where the Tengu sits and takes a rest -
Tengu no matsu 天狗の松, Tengu no koshikake matsu 天狗の腰掛松 .
People protect these trees and dear not cut them down for fear of bad luck and misfortune.
For example in Chichibu town, Higashi-Chichibu, Ogano, ...

Tengu no tomarigi テングノトマリギ（天狗のとまり木）a tree where Tengu take a rest
Their legends are handed down in the villages. If someone tries to cut a tree town, he will be flipped in the air or falls under the tree.
At night such a tree sometimes makes a loud, painful sound, or falls down all by itself
天狗の倒し木 - tree cut down by a Tengu,
If villagers check in the morning, sometimes there is nothing special to be seen.

In Yamanashi sacred trees are used by the Yamanokami 山の神　Deity of the Mountain or a Tengu.

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............................................................................... Aichi 愛知県　

. Tengu matsu 天狗松 Pine from Aichi .

............................................................................... Chiba 千葉県　

. 天狗の腰かけ松 Pine of the Tengu .

............................................................................... Ehime 愛媛県　

. Tengu no matsu from Imabara 今治市 .

............................................................................... Gifu 岐阜県　

. Gujo town 郡上市　和良村 Wara mura .
- and a man named 根の松 Ne no Matsu

............................................................................... Gunma 群馬県　

. Tengu and Sumo wrestling, at 横野村 Yokono village .

............................................................................... Ishikawa 石川県　
鹿島郡 Kashima district 能登町 Noto

. Tengu and shimenawa 注連縄 sacred rope .

............................................................................... Kagawa 香川県 　

. Tenguiwa 天狗岩 Tenguiwa boulder and 天狗松 Tengumatsu pine .
小豆郡 Shozu district

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source : ganref.jp/m/engrow/portfolios...

. Kasamatsu 傘松 "umbrella pine .
吾川村 Agawa village

............................................................................... Miyazaki　宮崎県　

. Tengu matsu 天狗松 Pine from Miyazaki .

............................................................................... Okayama 岡山県　　

. Tengu giving kinsen 金銭 money .
新見市 Niimi 哲西町 Tessei cho

............................................................................... Saitama 埼玉県 　
秩父　Chichibu

. Tengu no matsu 天狗の松 Tengu pine .

Tengu no yasumi no ki 天狗の休み木 A tree where the Tengu takes a rest
Along the pass 烏首峠 Torikubi Toge, which connects 名栗 Naguri with 浦山 Urayama in Chichibu there is 大楓 a huge maple tree where the Tengu takes a rest.
When the forest workers cut it down, there begun a lot of accidents to happen, a wood cutter fell ill and eventually even the man who bought the lumber was hit with bad luck.

............................................................................... Shiga 滋賀県　　

. 天狗岩 Tengu-Iwa boulders and Tengu-Matsu .
伊香郡 Ina district 余呉町 Yogo

............................................................................... Toyama 富山県　

富山市 Toyama city
. Tengu and shimenawa 注連縄 sacred rope .

............................................................................... Yamaguchi 山口県　

. Tengu Matsu テング松 or Guhin matsu グヒン松 Guhin Pine .

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. o-tengo matsu オテンゴマツ pine of the Tengu. .
- and Yamanokami 山の神

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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
天狗の腰掛松 - 2 legends
天狗の松　- 9 legends
天狗松 - 33 legends
天狗松 - 100 legends

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. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .

. Tengupedia - 天狗ペディア　- Tengu ABC-List.

. Legends about Kobo Daishi Kukai - 弘法大師　空海 - 伝説 .

. Japanese legends and tales 伝説　民話　昔話 - Introduction .

- Yookai 妖怪 Yokai Monsters of Japan -

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2017-10-22

Tengu Legends 10 Gunma

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Tengu 天狗と伝説 - 群馬県 Legends about Tengu in Gunma

. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .
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Tengu mask from mount Kashozan

. Kashozan 迦葉山 a Tengu mountain .
群馬県沼田市上発知町４４５番地 / Numazu Kami-Hochimachi

. Myoogisan, Myogisan 妙義山日光坊 Nikko-Bo, Nikkobo Tengu .
He is venerated in Gunma at Mount Myogisan (Myogizan 妙義山).

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. kamikakushi, kami-kakushi 天狗と神かくし / カミカクシ "spirited away" .

. shinboku 神木, shinju 神樹　sacred tree, divine tree and Tengu .

. Yamanokami 山の神 and Tengu legends from Gunma .
Yama no kami is also called 山祇 Yamasomi, Yama Somi.
Tengu is also called 山の荒神 Yama no Aragami, Wild Mountain Deity.

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. Sugi no Bo 杉の坊 Monk of the Cedar Tree .
from 赤木山の杉の坊 Akagisan 赤城山　Mount Akagi, Akagiyama (1,828 m)
and more
Tengu, sugi 天狗と杉と伝説 Legends about Tengu and Cedar trees

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haiiro no bakemono 灰色のばけ物 a gray monster
Once a man peeked into a deep well and saw the figure of a human being, all in gray, like a monster.
When he called the other villagers to have a look , there was nothing special to be seen.
This must have been the deed of a Tengu.

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Tengu no hayashi 天狗の囃し / 囃子 music group of the Tengu
At Mount 仲木山 people heard a strange music from June to September, maybe once in two months, on days with light mist, from early morning until 3 in the afternoon.
There was the sound of a 笙 Sho flute and something like 三味線 a Shamisen.
The locals call it 天狗さんの囃し "the Music Group of the Tengu".

............................................................................... Agatsuma 吾妻郡

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六合村 Kuni mura

kamikakushi 神隠し
When a young woman or a child suddenly disappears, it is spirited away by the Gods or by a Tengu.
In the family of 赤岩の家 Akaiwa there was a boy named 周平 Shuhei who once went to the forest and never came back. An oracel told them he was abducted by a Tengu and would never come back.

............................................................................... Gunma district 群馬郡

Tengu likes high trees and old trees. He can jump from tree to tree like a kinezumi キネズミ squirrel.

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榛名町 Harunamachi town

. Harunasan 榛名山と伝説 Legends about Mount Haruna and the Tengu .

On 榛名山 Mount Harunasan, Harunayama (1,449 m), there lives a Tengu. He dug out earth from the bottom of 榛名湖 Lake Harunako and tried to add it to 富士山 Mount Fujisan.

Kobo Daishi Kukai 弘法大師 once came to 榛名山 Mount Harunayama and wanted to make 1000 valleys.
But the local Tengu managed to hide one valley and Daishi sama went back to 紀州の高野山 Kishu, to Mount Koyasan.
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In 榛東村 Shinto village (北群馬郡 Kita-Gunma district)
the story tells of Kobo Daishi trying to build 100 temples and the local Tengu, who felt his home in danger, hid one valley for the temple construction.

. . Koobo Daishi Kuukai 弘法大師　空海 - 伝説 Kobo Daishi Kukai Legends . .

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倉渕村 Kurabuchi mura

. tookanya 十日夜 tenth day of the tenth lunar month .
On this day and full-moon night, Tengu sama is venerated.

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. oni 鬼 demons of Japan .
Once there lived an Oni in a place called オニクボ Onikubo、"Carity of an Oni".
Or it was 角落山 Tsunoochiyama (1,220 m), the "Mountain where the horns had fallen down", where a small sanctuary for a Tengu had been build.
When 源頼光 Minamoto no Yorimitsu tried to drive out the Oni, the horns fell down here and a mountain was created.

. Minamoto no Yorimitsu "Raiko" 源頼光 (948 – 1021).

............................................................................... Kanra 甘楽郡
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南牧村 Nanmokumura village

kaji 火事 fire
The Tengu likes fire and should thus not be venerated at places where no human houses are to be seen.

............................................................................... Kitagunma, Kita-Gunma 北群馬郡
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榛東村 Shinto village

............................................................................... Tano 多野郡

A farmer once cut a tree of the Tengu, but could not take care of it properly on the same day and soon lost consciuosness.

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上野村 Uenomura village

. tookanya 十日夜 tenth day of the tenth lunar month .
Full moon rituals. O-Tengu Sama no Obi お天狗様の帯 Belt of the Tengu
at 笠丸山 Mount Kasamaruyama (1,124 m)

............................................................................... Tone 利根郡

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片品村 Katashina village

Shiranesan 白根山 Mount Shirane (2610 m)
on the border between Katashina and Nikko in Tochigi Prefecture.

At Katashina village, the farmers from the hamlets 上小川、穴沢、仲井 and 下小川 all climb up together to Mount Shiranesan.
In former times it used to be the 16th day of the 6th lunar month, but recently it could also be in the 8th month. People who have to climb up use the time from the 12th day of the 6th lunar month to start preparing shoojin ショウジン with ritual purifications and then all the men gather at one place to climb up.
If a woman climbs up, she will be picked up by a Tengu and thrown down the valley.

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みなかみ町 Minakami

Trees with three trunks on a mountain and trees with two trunks in a swamp are called
峯の三又、沢の二又.
They are sacred to テング様 Tengu Sama and not to be cut down.

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昭和町 Showa town

. hinotama, hi no tama 火の玉と伝説 fire balls and Tengu .

There is a Tengu by the river. Once a man went fishing by the river and caught quite a large amount of fish. The thought this was quite strange and then he heard a sound ゴロゴロ gorogoro like stoned falling and he saw a large ball of fire.
At this point his net suddenly became very heavy and he could not pull it up any more. Than called out:
"天狗が出た The Tengu has come!" and fled as fast as he could. He had to stay in bed for 3 days.

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Tengu legends 09 Gifu

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Tengu 天狗と伝説 - 岐阜県 Legends about Tengu in Gifu

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. guhin kuhin gubin 狗賓 / 狗嬪 / グヒン Guhin Tengu Yokai monster .
加茂郡 Kamo district
Guhin mochi 狗賓餅 rice cakes for the Guhin and many more

. kishin, kijin, onigami 鬼神 "Oni Deity", "Demon Deity" .
and Tengu legends

. sugi 天狗と杉と伝説 Legends about Tengu and Cedar trees .
飛騨地方 Hida district // 揖斐郡 Ibi district 春日村 Kasuga // 高山市 Takayama // 吉城郡 Yoshiki district

. Yamanokami 山の神 and Tengu legends from Gifu .
Yama no Kami 山の神 God of the Mountain and many more

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こびの天狗山 Kobi no Tengu San
岐阜県美濃加茂市森山3-5-57 / Moriyama chō, Minokamo-shi, Gifu
古井の天狗山 Kobi no Tenguyama Shrine

This statue is 12 m high, the tallest Tengu statue in Japan.
It belongs to the sect 荒薙教 Aranagi Kyo with the main deity 荒薙大神 Aranagi Okami.
Tengu is the messenger of this deity.
The sect of Aranagi Kyo was founded in 1900 by Toda Yoki.
It is a mixture of Shinto and Buddhist aspects and rituals.

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kori Tengu 狐狸天狗 / コリテング fox and tanuki and Tengu
At 胆吹山 / 伊吹山 Mount Ibukiyama a shamon 沙門 wandering priest was reciting the 念仏 Nenbutsu prayer. Suddenly he heard a voice:
"Tomorrow I will come and bring you to Paradise!"
The next day Kannon Bosatsu appeared and took him away, in front of the eyes of his disciples.
But the next day they found him hanging all naked high up in a tree!
It must have been the evil deed of an old fox, badger or a Tengu !

十二社神社 Junisha Jinja
Around 1928, at the shrine 十二社神社 Junisha Jinja someone found a purse with a backbone inside. When he picked it up, there was a huge rumbling in the ground and then a large rock came rumbling down the stone stairway. In front of the main hall there seemed to be 修験者 a mountain saint wearing a long white robe, wielding a hand fan in the form of a leaf and using a long walking staff - It must have been this Tengu who had moved the rock.

There are five shrines with this name in Gifu:
. reference source : 岐阜県神社庁 .

............................................................................... Gujo town 郡上市
和良村 Wara mura

In the hamlet of 下洞集落 Shimo-Hora a man named 根の松 Komatsu went missing. The villagers said he had been abducted by a Tengu. They all went into the forest and called "Give us back Komatsu!" Eventually he came back with an innocent look, not remembering anything.
There was also a 天狗松 Tengu Matsu in the village, but it has dried up now.

. Tengu to matsu 天狗と松 Legends about the Tengu pine .

............................................................................... Hida region 飛騨地方

Once a traveler stayed at a lodging in the village. At night there was a meeting of the local Tengu and he was invited to join them. He saw making another man drink 鉛の熱湯 lead in hot water. When he came home, the other traveler had not come home. He had been a man who used to brag all the time and now met his punishment.

............................................................................... Ibigawa district 揖斐郡

At a mountain named 橋角 there was a fir tree called お伊勢さん O-Ise San. Humans were not allowed to touch it.
Once 浦野九一 Urano Kyuichi was collecting firewood in the forest and took a nap under the tree at lunchtime. Suddenly he heard the Tengu call him in his dream: "It's already sunset, you better get home!"
When he woke up, it was indeed sunset and he hurried home, greatful!
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Sometimes the sound of someone cutting trees, ガラガラ garagara can be heard in the forest. This is the Tengu doing his job.

Tengu sa 天狗さ Tengu san
In the village 谷汲村 Tanigumi mura suddenly it became quite dark and the earth sounded ガラガラガラガラ garagara garagara . Then a Tengu appeared in red robes, holding a great fan in his hand, wearing wooden geta 下駄　sandals with 一本歯 only one "tooth"。

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In the village 春日村 Kasuga mura they needed to build a new bridge over the river and cut down 大檜と大杉 a large cypress and a large pine tree.
That night a Tengu appeared in the dream of the village headman, complaining they had taken away his resting places and he would punish the village with fire.
And indeed, that evening a fire broke out and destroyed most of the village. This was the great fire on the 18th day of the 1st month in 1877.
In former times
on a rainy day, the Tengu could be heard beating the drum at 藤川谷 Fujikawatani. But now this sound is not heard any more.
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The 17th day of the 7th lunar month is 祇園祭 the day of the Gion Festival. The villagers have to burn kagaribi かがり火 watch fires, otherwise they will be cursed by the Tengu.

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Tengu no Oyashiki 天狗のお屋敷 the mansion of the Tengu
Once a man went to the mountain forest to make charcoal. He found a ball looking like a bundle of leaves hanging in the branches. He took a stick and hit it. All of a sudden there was a strange sound, a thunderstorm broke out and he could not go home that evening.
When he came back home the next day, he fell ill. A diviner told him the ball of leaves was the mansion of a Tengu and he had been punished. The diviner then performed exorcist rituals.

............................................................................... Kamo district 加茂郡 - Minokamo
西白川村 Nishi-Shirakawa mura

. kasumiami, kasumi-ami 霞網（かすみあみ）net for catching birds .

source : mis.janis.or.jp...
The villagers had put out a net for catching birds, when suddenly a strong wind begun to blow and something like large legs with blood dripping from them got caught. When they came closer, there was nothing in the net.
It must have been a Tengu who had passed after all.
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. Hakusan Jinja 白山神社 Shrines in Japan .
In the forest of Hakusan Shrine, about twice a year there is the strange sound of trees breaking at night. But nothing is seen next morning.
This must be the mischief of a Tengu, they say.

............................................................................... Mashita district 益田郡
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萩原町 Hagiwara

. kotengu, ko-tengu　小天狗 minor Tengu, crow-like goblin .
Once a woodcutter was taking a bath in the mountain hut, when he heard a voice from a nearby tree.
"Are you feeling good?"
The woodcutter begun making booing noises to scare his opponent, but the other voice just laughed "I will remember this!"
Next morning he found his large ax bent over and not to be used any more.

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小坂町 Kosaka

. Jigokudani　地獄谷 ”Hell Valley" -- Jigoku no Tani 地獄の谷 .
at 御嶽山 Mount Ontakesan
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. amagoi 雨乞い rain rituals .
After a rain ritual near Mount Ontakesan a farmer went to the Jigokudani 地獄谷 the Valley of Hell, to express his gratigude.
On a boulder he saw a frightening creature with a long nose like a Tengu, sitting and staring into the valley. Soon after that a huge storm broke out.

............................................................................... Ono 大野郡

At the villages 朝日村 Asahi mura and 高根村 Takane mura there are sometimes cows found in places on the other side of a river or ravine, where there is no bridge. A Tengu must have kidnapped them and thrown them over there.

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清見村 Kiyomi mura

Once a child, helping with the field work, was on his way home but got lost. They found it in a place where not even grown-ups can go easily.
A Tengu must have kidnapped it and put it over there.

............................................................................... Takayama 高山市

Once a man was taking off his shoes, when a man invited him to come along, if he did not want to be kidnapped by a Tengu. He followed the man, but he did not like the place where they were going. So after one hour he made his way back home. And there he realized - he had been away for 5 days, living with a Tengu after all.
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Once a little boy went missing on his home from the fields. A man coming over the pass 平湯峠 Hirayutoge said he had met him. The child had told him he had been kidnapped by a Tengu and learned a lot of interesting things. Now he could fly to any place where he wanted to be.
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kyoojin ishi 狂人石 rock that makes people go crazy
There is a rock, about 1.5 m high, which makes people go crazy when they touch it.
Nearby lived a Tengu. If the Tengu is in a bad mood, he will throw people down the stone steps, some children had this experience, but they were never hurt.
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Myoojin Jinja 神明神社 Shrine Myojin Jinja
akai kao 赤い顔の鼻の高い男 a man with a red nose and face
Once upon a time
three houses close to Myojin Jinja had been destroyed by fire.
Someone had seen a man with a red nose and face walking past, so they thought it must have been the Tengu causing the fire.

............................................................................... Yoro district 養老郡

. Tengu matsuri　天狗祭り Tengu festivals .

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神岡町 Kamioka cho

In the year 1924, on a morning in June, a boy who had fallen into the pond of the shrine went missing. An oracle told the parents they hed to find him by half past eleven in the morning, otherwise his life would be in danger. Shortly before 12 they found the child high up on a mountain. This must have been the evil deed of a Tengu.
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There was an old man who had been with the famous 鞍馬山の天狗 Tengu of Kuramayama, Kyoto.
He appeared all of a sudden, went into the 鉱山 mine and worked day and night. He could also tell ill people the reason of their problem.
When the mine was closed, he said he was going back to Mount Kurayama. He was always clad like 山伏姿 a mountain priest.
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. kami-kakushi 天狗と神かくし / 神隠し kidnapped by the Gods .
In July of 1931, a farmer had gone to tend to his fields and never came back. He might have been abduceted by a Tengu or kidnapped by the Gods.
They never made a funeral for him and still wait that he might come back.

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上宝村 Kamitakara mura

akai mono 赤い着物を着た鼻の高い人 a man with a long nose wearing something red
Around 1955 there was a fire in a farmhouse. One child said:
"I saw a man with a long nose wearing something red who told me to make a fire!"
This must have been the local Tengu.
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Sometimes a Tengu comes to abduct a boy from the village.
Tengu like children and if children go playing in the mountain forest, they might not come back.
If the villagers go looking for them with flutes and drums, they often come back.
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. Amanojaku 天の邪鬼 / 天邪鬼 Amanjaku - "heavenly evil spirit " .
Kobo Daishi 弘法大師 and Zaimoku-Iwa 材木岩 - Timber Rocks
A Tengu seen as Amanjaku.

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Tengu legends 08 Fukuoka

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Tengu 天狗と伝説 - 福岡県 Legends about Tengu in Fukuoka
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Tengu-daoshi 天狗倒し "Tengu knocking down trees"

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英彦山 Mount Hikosan is often called
Tengu masho 天狗魔所 "Monster Place of the Tengu"

. Buzenboo, Buzenbō 豊前坊 Buzenbo Tengu .
彦山豊前坊 - Hikozan Buzenbo

source : nichibun.ac.jp/YoukaiGazou
一魁齋芳年（月岡芳年）

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Kichigo 吉吾 sat under a tree and asked the Tengu what he feared most.
The answer was いけが（茨 ibara）wild roses .
When the Tengu asked Kichigo what he feared most, Kichigo said
botamochi 牡丹餅 "Peony Cakes".
A few days later when the Tengu was asleep, Kichigo placed a lot of wild roses around his bed. As a revenge, the Tengu now threw many peony cakes down the roof of Kichigo's house. Kichigo picked them up and ate them all.

. botamochi 牡丹餅 "Peony Cakes" .
round rice cakes covered with sweet bean paste

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星野村 Hoshino 　

Tengu-daoshi 天狗倒し "Tengu knocking down trees"
Once a hunter spent the night deep in the mountains and heared the sound of falling trees all night.
Next morning when he went to check the place, there was nothing at all.

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Tengu-daoshi, Tengu daoshi 天狗倒し / テングダオシ "Tengu knocking down trees"

The sound of cutting down trees with a saw or ax is heard at night, but next morning nothing is to be seen.
This refers to strange noises in a lonely forest.

This phenomenon of a strange sound is especially known in 岐阜県 Gifu, 福井県 Fukui, 福島県 Fukushima, 茨城県 Ibaragi、石川県 Ishikawa and 埼玉県 Saitama.

天狗なめし / テングナメシ Tengu nameshi （Iwate）
空木返し / ソラキダオシ sora kikaeshi（Fukushima - Kagoshima ）
空木倒し sora kidaoshi （Kagoshima）
カラキガエシ kara kigaeshi (Fukushima)
天クヅシ ten kuzushi（ Miyazaki）
杖突（つえつき） tsuetsuki, tsue tsuki (Tosa)

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Tengu-daoshi and other strange events in the mountains is often considered to be the deeds of mountain gods or tengu in the eastern half of Japan, but in the western half they are considered to be the deeds of the Kappa yamawaro.
Phenomena such as the tengu-daoshi (sounds such as that of a large tree falling) are considered to be done by the yamawaro themselves, and in the Kumamoto Prefecture, other than stories where they would make falling tree or falling rock noises, there are also stories where they would imitate human songs and where they make sounds imitating mokko (a tool made of bamboo or woven grass for carrying heavy loads) dropping dirt or even the explosion sounds of dynamite.
However, the tengu does not play no role at all in those regions, because in some parts, such as the Oguni in Kuamoto Prefecture, there are no yamawaro legends and they are instead considered to be the deeds of tengu.
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天狗倒し（てんぐだおし）Tengudaoshi
天狗の仕業とされる古杣と同様の怪異[8]。同様に、山中を歩いていると、大木を切るような音が聞こえ、続いて地響きと共に大樹の倒れる音がするが、その音がした方へ行ってみても、やはり木が切られた痕跡はないというものである[8][9]。突風が吹いたような轟音が急に起こることを、天狗が突然降りてくるものとして天狗倒しということもあり、日本三大修験道の山の一つとされる英彦山で起きることがよく知られている[10]。長野県南佐久郡北相木村では、天狗倒しは冬に多かったという[11]。
埼玉県飯能市の嶬峠の裏の椚平（くぬぎだいら）や久通、栃尾谷の上の四本松と呼ばれる山などの山小屋で泊まっていると、外で木を伐ったり、それがドカンと倒れる音が盛んにするが、朝になってみると小屋の周りにはどこにも木が倒れていず「天狗倒し」と人は呼んだという。奈良県吉野郡天川村でも、昔はよく山でゴチゴチと木を伐る音がした。ある月の良い晩に外へ出てみると、ゴチゴチと木を伐る音がしてやがてカンカンと木に楔を打つ音がし、ついで木の倒れる音がした。木の倒れるのも月夜だからよく見えたが、妙なことがあるものだと翌日見に行くと、何もなかったという[12]。
山梨県東八代郡芦川村（現・笛吹市）の中芦川部落では、天狗倒しは山の神の仕業といわれる[13]。栃木県安蘇郡田沼町（現・佐野市）では、山仕事の合間に仮眠をとる前に「○○時になったら起こして下さい」と山の神にお願いしておくと、その時刻に山の神が天狗倒しによって目覚めさせてくれるといわれる[14]。
狐狸の仕業ともいわれ、国東半島ではタヌキが尻尾で木を叩いて木が倒れる音を起こして人を騙すものを天狗倒しという[15]。福島県福島市飯坂地区での天狗倒しはタヌキのほかにキツネの仕業ともいわれ、燃えさしをぶつければ消えるといわれる[16]。
民俗学者・桜井徳太郎は、人里と離れた山中を歩くことによる不安な心理から、このような山中の音の怪異の伝承が生まれたものとする説を述べている[9]。
空木返し（そらきがえし）sora kigaeshi
鹿児島県肝属郡百引村（現・鹿屋市）や大分県に伝わる怪異[17][15]。同様に、山中で大木の倒れる音がするが、その音がした方へ行ってみても、やはり木が切られた痕跡はないというものである[17]。
天狗倒し同様に天狗の仕業とされるほか、キツネやタヌキの仕業とする地方もあり、大分での空木返しはタヌキが後足で石を蹴って人を脅かすものという[15]。
空木倒し（からきだおし）kara kigaeshi
鹿児島県東部などでいう古杣と同様の怪異[18]。新潟県岩船郡三面村（現・村上市）でいう空木倒しはムジナによる悪戯といわれ、夜中の山中から斧で大木を切る音が聞こえ、やがて木が倒れる音が響くが、木が地面に落ちた音は聞こえないという[19]。福島県での空木倒しは天狗倒しと同様、深山の幽谷に棲む天狗が起こすものといわれる[20]。
杖突（つえつき）tsuetsuki
土佐民俗学会発行による『近世土佐妖怪資料』に「杖突古杣と云事」として古杣と共に記述のある土佐の怪異。土佐郡蓮池村（現・高知市）で夜分に何者かが杖を突くような音を立てて通るといい、これに遭うと死んでしまうといわれる。
furusoma 古杣 Yokai "old forest worker"
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............................................................................... Fukushima 福島県

kara kigaeshi カラキガエシ / 狐，狸 Fox and Badger
A forest worker stayed at a hut in the mountains. He heared the sound of foxes and badgers kicking down trees and even Tengu doing this.
He went out with a light in hand and on the spot all the spook stopped.

............................................................................... Gifu 岐阜県
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郡上郡 Kujo

. Yama no Kami 山の神 God of the Mountain and Tengu 天狗 .

............................................................................... Ibaraki 茨城県
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久慈郡 Kuji district 中里村 Nakasato mura / 小里村 Osato mura

A forest worker stayed at a hut in the mountains. He heard the sound of a saw cutting trees, コンツ、コンツ kontsu kontsu kontsu, like an echo in the valley.
It was really a strange experience.
On rainy and cloudy nights at the foot of 三鈷室山 Mount Sankomuro san (863 m), the sound of felling a tree can be heard three times: バカン、バカン、バカン bakan bakan bakan.

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久慈郡 Kuji district 賀美村 Kami mura

At night, at the foot of a swamp of 立割山 Mount Tatewariyama (767 m), a hunter's dog suddenly sat down. From the far end of the swamp the sound of パカーン bakaaan was heard, like soomwan using an ax to fell a tree a few times. Then a very strong wind begun to blow.

............................................................................... Iwate 岩手県
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上閉伊郡 Kami-Hei district

tengu nameshi テングナメシ
The sound of cutting trees and trees falling down could be heard all night. But next morning they were all standing as before.

............................................................................... Miyagi 宮城県

kikariboo 木伐り坊 Kikari-Bo Tengu
If forest workers spent a night in a hut or a cave, they hear the sound of falling trees reveberating in the forest. Next morning nothing is to be seen.
This is called Tengu daoshi, 空木倒し sora kidaoshi or Kikair-Bo.

sora kigaeshi 空木倒し
Related to the tales about 海姫 Umihime and 磯女 Iso-Onna, the female Yokai from the beaches.
Around the 5th lunar month, if fishermen go out on a night with strong fog, they hear the sound of a boulder falling in the sea. They also hear the sound of trees falling or Tengu throwing stones.

. Tengu tsubute 天狗つぶて / 天狗礫 "Tengu throwing stones" .

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iso onna 磯女，海姫様 umihime sama
These tales are told by fishermen, who have to go out in the fifth lunar month, when there is fog on the sea.

長崎県 Nagasaki 小値賀町 Ojika
Iso-Onna is another name for Umi-Hime, princess of the sea. She is a Yokai of the souls of drowned people.
They come to the beach on windless nights and ask the captain of a boat to bring back the soul of a drowned person.
They are especially known in Kyushu.
磯女と海姫様は同じもの。正体は水死者。凪の日に女の姿で出て、海の中にある魂を陸に帰してくれるよう、船頭に頼む。

磯女 10 to explore
ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/磯女 - 妖怪
yokai.com/isoonna/ - Iso Onna

............................................................................... Nagano 長野県
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南佐久郡 Minami-Saku district 北相木村 Kita-Aiki

Especially in winter, villagers hear the sound of trees being cut down and boulders falling from the slopes.

............................................................................... Oita 大分県

tanuki 狸 badger
The sound of trees being felled is called Tengu daoshi, but on the 国東半島 Kunisaki Peninsula people say it is a badger with his long tail, banging on trees trying to fool people.

............................................................................... Okayama 岡山県

. Tengu no tooorimichi 天狗の通り道 / テングノトオリミチ road where Tengu pass .
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北房町 Hokubo // 真庭郡 Maniwa district

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When 山崎助四郎 Yamasaki Sukeshiro was still a young man, he used to be a seko 勢子 helper of the local hunters. Once they passed cave in the mountain, there was a sudden sound all over the place. The surroundings became dark and they experienced a "Tengu knocking down trees". They all huddled down and covered the heads with their arms until the noise had stopped.
Another hunter went out in the early morning when the kiji 雉 pheasants come out. While he was waiting in the mountain forest, there was a noise of "Tengu knocking down trees". He huddled down and fired his gun in great fear. There was a sudden silence. When it became light enough he went around seraching and found a kamo 鴨 duck shot dead. Now he knew that it was not the Tengu, but a flock of ducks that had made the noise.

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苫田郡 Tomata district 富村 Tomison

. Tenguiwa, Tengu-Iwa 天狗岩 Tengu Iwa boulder .

............................................................................... Yamanashi 山梨県

. Yama no Kami 山の神 God of the Mountain and Tengu 天狗 .
芦川村 Ashigawa mura

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天狗倒し
Osaragi Jirō 大佛次郎（おさらぎじろう) Osaragi Jiro (1897 - 1973 Daibutsu Jiro)

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. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .

. Tengupedia - 天狗ペディア　- Tengu ABC-List.

. Legends about Kobo Daishi Kukai - 弘法大師　空海 - 伝説 .

. Japanese legends and tales 伝説　民話　昔話 - Introduction .

- Yookai 妖怪 Yokai Monsters of Japan -

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