Heian Period Japan

2017-10-22

Tengu legends 09 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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- 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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2017-10-21

Tengu legends 08 Fukuoka

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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.

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郡上郡 Kujo

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

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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.

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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

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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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2017-10-20

Tengu legends 07 Fukui

若狭 Wakasa, 宇波西神社 Shrine Uwase Jinja, on April 8th.

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. kamikakushi 神かくし / カミカクシ mysterious disappearance .
kidnapped by a Tengu
今立郡 Imadate district 池田町 Ikeda //

. Karasutengu, Karasu Tengu 烏天狗 Crow Tengu .
三方郡 Mikata district

. Yama no Kami 山の神 God of the Mountain and Tengu .
武生市 Takefu 坂口村 Sakaguchi

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Tengu matsuri 天狗祭 Tengu festival
During a local Tengu festival, someone put a glass of Sake 酒 rice wine on a branch of the tree. And a few days later, the Sake had all gone . . . Tengu like to drink!

Another person often went to 酒倉 the storehouse for Sake. There lived also a Tengu, and since the Tengu does not like to drink alone, this man kept him company.

If someone denies the wish of a Tengu to play with him, his home will be cursed. The roof might be blown away and stones are thrown at the walls.

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tsurube otoshi つるべおとし a bucket thrown down in the well
Sometimes there is the sound of something coming from above, that is the Tengu. He sits on an old tree and if a child has done something bad, he pulls it up (in a bucket).
Tengu also like fire. If someone walks alone at night and sees a flame, he is surely fooled by the Tengu.

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. tsurube otoshi 釣瓶落し fast sunset in autumn .
lit. "the sun goes down like a bucket trown in the well"

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In one valley there lived a Tengu.
Although there is nobody to be seen, there is the sound of someone felling a tree. This must be the Tengu.

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彦作 Hikosaku was on his way home at night, when a Tengu came along. The tengu asked him for fire to have a puff of tobacco. Hikosaku tried to make fire with カドイシ his flint stone and the Tengu took a leisurely, pleasing puff. Then the Tengu asked him go give him his flint stone and so he gave it to the Tengu.
Hikosaku was blessed by the Tengu and achieved 神通自在 supernatural power for himself.

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Once 屋根葺き the straw roof of a home needed to be done anew and the group who helped each other with this work got together to discuss the proceedings. A Tengu came along and said he would do it all by himself in one night, but nobody was allowed to see it. That night there was quite a noise on the roof, but next morning - indeed - the straw roof was all new. Even the ground before the house was swept clean with no trace of the old straw left.

古峯神社　straw roof at Furumine Jinja, Tochigi

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There was a man named 久左衛門 Kyuzaemon who had good hand lines. Once a Tengu came and borrowed them. As a reward he gave Kyuzaemon one Soy bean to keep as a treasure.
A few years later, there was a great fire in the neighbourhood and many homes burned down. But the house of Kyuzaemon was safe.

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dendeko taiko デンデコ太鼓 dendeko big drum
Dendeko is the big drum of a Tengu. He comes to the village and hits his drum to make people laugh.

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dendeko drums are also known in other parts of Japan. This photo is from Sado Island festival.

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福井市 Fukui city

. loosing a hatchet or sickle in the mountains .
and the saba 鯖 mackerel

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maa san マーサン "Mister Maa"
In the evening there is a Tengu with a long nose sitting on the roof, and people are not allowed to walk under the eaves of this house. This is Maa san.
If the Tengu has kidnapped a child, people search for it under a sugi 杉 cedar tree in the mountain.

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tenjikubana テンジクバナ　/ 天竺花 flowers from Tenjiku (India)

tenjiku botan 天竺牡丹 "Peony from India"

On the 8th day of the 5th lunar month, people prepare a round flower arrangement with seven different flowers and people have to walk through it. The ring must be put up in the East of the home and be as high as possible.
The seven flowers are:
fuji フジ // tsutsuji ツツジ // yamabuki ヤマブキ // gibooshi ギボウシ // suzume no chabukoro スズメノチャブクロ // kogome コゴメ（クサソテツ） // botan ボタン
If someone has been kidnapped by a Tengu, it is best to take a bunch of these seven flowers and go looking for him. If the person his found, the flowers are burned and the person purified with the smoke.

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今立郡 Imadate district 池田町 Ikeda

Once a man went looking for firewood in the woods and did not come back for a few days. His family begged the Tengu to let him go. The man went to the mountain a few times a year to have drinks with the Tengu.

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Once a family made 酒 Sake at their home. From the nearby hill there came a Tengu with a lantern and sat on a keyaki 欅 zelkova tree. He sneaked into the Sake storage room and drank the rice wine, making a loud noise. The head of the family heard the noise and said:
"We made a good rice wine this year. Even the Tengu has come to taste it!" and all were happy.

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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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In the East of 段の岳 Mount Dannodake (734 m) there lives a Tengu.
If anyone cuts the trees of this forest, his home will suffer a fire.

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美浜町新庄 Mihama

. Hassaku no Abare Tengu festival .
at Hassaku Festival of the Hiyoshi Shrine - the Riot Tengu 暴れ天狗

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三方郡 Mikata district 三方村 Mikata

Tengu no nage-fude 天狗の投げ筆 the brushwork thrown by a Tengu
There is a treasure named Tengu no nage-fude, a calligraphy by a Tengu.
About 300 years ago there was a doctor who was very skillful at writing calligraphy.
One day he met an old man with white hair in the mountain who said: "Please lend me a paper with your calligraphy for two or three days!" The old man was of course a Tengu.
He gave the paper back and the doctor kept it as a hanging scroll, said to protect his home from fire. Later the doctor went broke and gave the scroll away, but the home where the scroll was hung up now burned down.
Only the scroll had jumped from the wall and was safe.

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南條郡 Nanjo district 今庄町 Imajo

Once a man had been fooled by a Tengu and spent the whole night looking for a way out of the mountain. He kept walking until early morning light to find the right way.

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大野市 Ono city

There is a place named bikunin korobashi ビクニン転ばし.
Once upon a time, a nun (bikuni 比丘尼) had tried to climb the mountain, but she got kicked over by a Tengu,
fell down, rolled down all the way and died deep in the valley.

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遠敷郡 Onyu district

A Tengu sitting on a low branch had been visible as a reflection on the water.
A hunter tried to shoot at it, but the Tengu run away just in time. That night the Tengu appeared in the dream of the hunter:
"Why would you try to shoot at some reflection in the water? Don't be stupid when hunting."

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鯖江市 Sabae

Once a samurai walked alone at night and was stopped by a Tengu. The Tengu wanted to have a sword fight with him. The Samurai won the fight and took away the sword of the Tengu.
The sword is still a family treasure.

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坂井郡 Sakai district

During 日清戦争 the Sino-Japanese War, the Tengu had helped and worked at the battlefield.
To show their gratitude, the villagers offered sekihan 赤飯 red ritual rice and Sake at the Torii gate of the Shrine near the sugi 杉 cedar tree where the Tengu lived.
When they tried later to cut the tree, blood came sprouting out of the cut.

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武生市 Takefushi 坂口村 Sakaguchi mura

Around 1910, an old woman went to the mountain to get some hana shikibu はなしきぶ (花式部) Caryopteris xclandonensis flowers.
But she did not come home. They all looked for her for three days and did not find her. Later they found her trapped in the branches of a tree.
She must have opposed a Tengu and he had taken her away as punishment.

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敦賀市 Tsuruga

There are some large rocks where a Tengu lives and all are afraid. Once a man named 三左衛門 Sanzaemon begun making charcoal nearby. The Tengu appeared and said:
"This here is my garden, go home at once. Blow the flute, hit the drum and go down the mountain!"
But the man did not do as told and a few days later the Tengu appeared again.
"I give you one more warning, go home at once!"
Suddenly there was a strong rain and wind and the man climbed down the mountain. But the storm was very strong and the home of Sanzaemon was blown to pieces.

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- - - - - Tengu no su 天狗の巣 nest of a Tengu

. Ehime 愛媛県 .
in Ehime 周桑郡 Shuso district 丹原 Tanbara // Mount Ishizuchiyama 石槌山

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Fukui 丹生郡 Nyuu district 越廼村 Koshino mura

Tengu no su 天狗の巣といわれる木 a tree like the nest of a Tengu
Before cutting down a tree with a "nest of a Tengu2 in the branches, the wood cutters have to make an offering of 酒 Sake and cut the root of the tree with one cut, leaving the masakari マサカリ ax on the spot.
If they come back next morning and the Sake and the ax are gone, this is a sighn that it is all right now to cut the tree.

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Ishikawa 石川県

Tengu no ishikoro 天狗の砂礫 gravel of a Tengu / Tengu no su 天狗の巣
Around 1920, suddenly a lot of gravel came flying over from the other side of the valley. The villagers thought this was the mischief of some young folk, but next came a loud noise from the ground, almost an earthquake. Then came more gravel, バラバラゴー barabaragooooooo.

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Yamanokami no hooki 山の神の箒 broom of Yamanokami
In Iwate, a 吉野桜 Yoshinozakura cherry blossom tree which is befallen of the
tengusubyoo 天狗巣病 "nest of a Tegnu", witch's broom disease
is called "Broom of Yamanokami".

A witch's broom or witches' broom is a deformity in a woody plant, typically a tree, where the natural structure of the plant is changed. A dense mass of shoots grows from a single point, with the resulting structure resembling a broom or a bird's nest.
- quote wikipedia-

. Tengu and Yama no Kami 山の神 .

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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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2017-10-19

Tengu Legends 06 Ehime

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Tengu mask from Dogo Onsen Hot Spring, Matsuyama

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. Tengu no matsu 天狗の松 "Tengu Pine" - Legends Introduction .

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.

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. ashi nashi tengu 足なし天狗 Tengu without feet .
and
Tengu 天狗 at Mount Ishizuchisan 石槌山
Tengu as kaze no kamisama 風の神様 God of the Wind.

. shinka 神火と伝説 Legends about "divine fire" .
and the Tengu from 篠山 Mount Sasayama.

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大三島町 Omishima

Once upon a time, all the fields were shared for use and every 25 years re-distributed (narashi ナラシ). A man who did not like his field being shared asked for a new NARASHI distribution.
The local Tengu did not like this, took this man and threw him on a boulder, the Yokomakura no Iwa 横枕の岩.

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Tengu-iwa 天狗岩 Tengu Iwa Rock
Once a man who was hunting for mushrooms in the mountain forest, saw a woman sitting on a boulder cooling off. Suddenly a Tengu appeared and threw her down into the valley. She lost all her hair and became a nun. The rock is since called Tengu Iwa.
The Tengu seems to sit on a special pine tree to observe this rock. This pine tree was not very high and grew almost only vertically.

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At the border between 宮浦 Miyaura and 里浦 Satoura there is a Tengu no matsu 天狗の松 Tengu Pine.
In former times a Tengu used to live there and deceived people. Sometimes a golden Sake cup was seen rolling at the roots of the tree.
The village elder was once deceived and made to walk around all night along the river.

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

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中山町 Nakayama

A retainer of 松山城主蒲生家 the Gamo clan of the lord of Matsuyama castle named 松本忠四郎 Matsumoto Chushiro went up to mount 久万山 Mount Kumayama and blew his flute for the Tengu to enjoy. As a reward he got a letter box which he should never open.
But the curious lord opened it anyway. He found a sheet of paper with the note
"The Gamo clan will be extinguished!"
And thus it happened.

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砥部町 Tobe

Tengu no asobiba 天狗の遊び場 place where the Tengu plays
Usually a pine tree which does not grow any more.
Once a man cut down such an old tree, but the Tengu got very angry and the whole family of the man suffered great misfortune.
Sometimes people can plant another pine tree (お断りの杉) to appease the anger of a Tengu.

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Chiyoko to kizamareta iwa チヨコと刻まれた岩 rock with the inscription "Chiyoko"
Tengudani 天狗谷 the Tengu valley
The other side of the Tengudany 天狗谷 Tengu Valley has a steep cliff and a rock where 虚空蔵菩薩 Kokuzo Bosatsu is venerated. It has the inscription CHIYOKO.
Legend tells of the woman who made a wish to the this Bosatsu and carved her name into the cliff. She climbed up the steep cliff, with a baby strapped to her back. When the child called Chiyoko begun to cry, the two of them fell down to their death into the Tengu valley, while the mother kept shouting the name of her baby
Chiyoko, Chiyoko, Chiyoko.

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Tengudani Sue, Kakamigahara, Gifu　岐阜県各務原市須衛町
- - - With remains of Sue pottery 須恵器の窯跡
1 kiln from the Heian period 平安時代後期の灰釉陶器窯跡
7 kilns from the Nara period 奈良時代にかけての須恵器窯跡
There are also two Kofun mounds 古墳時代終末の古墳

- - - - - Ruins of the 天狗谷窯跡　Tengudani Kiln in Saga
The Tengudani Kiln is said to be one of Japan's first kilns where porcelain was fired.

This kiln was used during the early stage of Arita’s porcelain production.
There is a close connection between this kiln and the father of Arita porcelain 李参平 Ri Sanpei. According to the chronicles of his descendants, the Kanagae family, “after having discovered a kaolin deposit at 泉山 Mt. Izumiyama, he constructed the first kiln at 白川天狗谷 Shirakawa Tengudani, for it was easy to access both water and fire wood, and as he taught painting and workmanship techniques to his disciples, the art of porcelain making gradually became a thriving business”. The kiln is a climbing kiln constructed on a mountain slope. It is said to be between 3m and 8m in width and more than 50m in length.

Shirakawa, Arita-cho, Nishimatsuura-gun, Saga
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Ehime 宇和町 Uwa cho

At 大判山 Mount Obanzan there lives a Tengu.
People are not allowed to go to the mountain on the first, 15th and 28 of each month.
Mount Obanzan is 795 m high.

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久万高原町 Kuma Kogen, Kumakogen, Kuma Highland

. shibatengu, shiba tengu 柴天狗 / シバテン Shiba Tengu. Shibaten .
Almost like a Kappa　河童 Yokai monster.
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There is a rock named nusutto ishi 盗っ人石 (盗人石 / 盗人岩) "thief's rock".
Once a thief stole the money offerings from the shrine at 石鎚山 Mount Ishizuchisan. But he was caught by the Tengu from the mountain, who threw him high in the sky. The stone is where the thief landed.
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Once a saotome 早乙女 rice-planting maiden was singing a song, bending toward the direction of 久保田の天狗嶽 Mount Tengudake at Kubota.
The Tengu came close and wanted to imitate the song, but could not sing as beautiful as the maiden.
The Tengu got angry and since then during the rice-planting season it always rains.

. Tengu 石槌山法起坊 - Ishizuchizan Hoki-Bo .
and Tengu-dake 天狗岳 Mount Tengudake 1982ｍ

. saotome 早乙女と伝説 Legends about women planting rice .

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内子町 Uchiko

The Tengu who live in the deep mountains are almost like sennin 仙人 immortals.
If a wicked or defiled person comes to the mountain, they swing him around and throw him out.

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hi no tama 火の玉 ball of fire
At 三津浜 Mitsuhama on the Inland Sea there is a lonely place where many subtropical trees and plants grow below a steep cliff.
In this thicket there lived a Tengu who sometimes came out to do some mischief. Once on a spring night the fishermen had a great catch, but then suddenly there came hi no tama 火の玉 a ball of fire and all the fish in their baskets suddenly disappeared. When they realized their loss, they looked up and saw the ball of fire swirling around the top of the cliff.

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onryoo 怨霊 vengeful spirit
from the temple
. Miyukiji 御幸寺 Miyuki-Ji .
A temple where the Tengu live !

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tokobashira 床柱 alcove post
Once a man went 奥道後 deep in the forest of Dogo and cut a tree to make an alcove post for his home.
But the man developed a high fever and died shortly after.
A diviner told the family that this was a divine tree and the man had been thrown around by a Tengu as punishment.

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愛南町 Ainan

At the 老樟 old camphor tree of the 蕨岡 Warabioka family there was a divine light for seven days and seven nights. They called it 熊の権現の神火 the divine light of Kumano Gongen and venerated it at
Mount 篠山 Sasayama (1065 m ).
Years later the Tengu who lived at Sasayama came to live in this tree and played his tricks on the members of the family. So one day the head of the home shot at him and the Tengu lost one of his wings. To get it back he had to promise never to play tricks around here any more and to protect the family from theft and misfortune. And to this day, the Tengu protects the Warabioka family.
The home was later even called 戸たてず庄屋 "Home with no doors", because no thief would dare to come here.

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伯方町 Hakata village

There are various places where Tengu have been seen:
Tengu matsu 天狗松 Tengu pine
Tengu zashiki 天狗座敷 Tengu living room,
. Tengu no miya 天狗の宮 Palace of the Tengu .

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小田町 Oda

The Tengu who live in the deep mountains are almost like sennin 仙人 immortals.
If a wicked or defiled person comes to the mountain, they swing him around and throw him out.

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重信町 Shigenobu

There is a Tengu-iwa 天狗岩 Tengu boulder in the village.

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To built a hut in the mountains, a villager added some stones for a base. He spent the night there.
That night the roof begun to shake, and also the next night.
Well, one stone he had taken was by the Tengu to take a rest, so probably the Tengu had come to scare him and sit on the roof.

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丹原　Tanbara 　

. Karasu Tengu 烏天狗 at Ishizuchisan 石槌山 .
and Tengu no su 天狗の巣 nest of a Tengu

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. Kooryuuji 興隆寺 Koryu-Ji .
愛媛県周桑郡丹原町古田

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Once a priest who liked the ladies very much went missing.
He was eventually found, almost bones only, hanging is a large cherry tree down in the river valley.
Since that event a light could be seen above the cherry tree, said to be the Tengu who had taken care and punished the sensual priest.

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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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2017-10-18

Tengu kamikakushi legends

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Tengu no kamikakushi, kami-kakushi 天狗と神かくし / カミカクシ abduction
Legends about Tengu and mysterious disappearances
"being spirited away" // kamigakushi かみがくし
テングの神隠し Tengu no Kamikakusi // tengu sarai 天狗攫い

Kamikakushi is used to refer to the mysterious disappearance or death of a person that happens when an angered god takes a person away.

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Tengu kakushi 天狗隠し kidnapped by a Tengu, hidden by a Tengu
a form of kamikakushi, kami kakushi　神隠し kidnapped by the Gods
Young boys and girls were lost in the forest (abducted and captured by a Tengu) and sometimes appeared later, either forgetting everything or full of knowledge (since the Tengu Mountain Priests) were learned persons and educated their young captives.
- also called
Tengu sarai 天狗攫い

from 西京新聞

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............................................................................... Aichi 愛知県　
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北設楽郡 Kitashitara - 本郷町 Hongo

. kamikakushi 神かくし mysterious disappearance .

............................................................................... Fukui 福井県　
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今立郡 Imadate district 池田町 Ikeda

While mother was working in the fields, her young daughter, age 3, disappeared. When she found it, the girl had crossed a small dangerous wooden bridge - a feat quite impossible of such a young one.
She must have been taken away by a Tengu.

In another family, a baby would not stop crying, so the mother told him "I will give you away to the Tengu!" and held him outside the window.
There she heard a voice: "All right, let me have him!" and the baby was taken out of her arms and became invisible. It was never found.

............................................................................... Fukushima 福島県　
南会津郡 Minami-Aizu district

. kami kakushi 神隠し kidnapped by the gods .
some legends

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

. 神岡町 Kamioka cho - kami kakushi .

............................................................................... Kagawa 香川県 　
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小豆郡 Shozu district

If villagers go cutting weeds or herding the cattle, they are sometimes abducted. Even praying does not help to get them back.
Villagers formed groups of five to go out looking for them. But they did not dare to come close to the 天狗岩 Tenguiwa boulder or the 天狗松 Tengumatsu pine.

............................................................................... Kanagawa 神奈川県　
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津久井郡 Tsukui district 城山町 Yamashiro

If a person is spirited away, all the villagers are looking for him in the mountain forest. Usually such a person is found hanging on a branch high in a tree.
Sometimes he is found munching wheat straw, thinking they were earthworms.

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

If a child gets lost and does not come home any more, people of old thought it was taken away by a Tengu or Yamanokami.
So they took bells and gongs and went to the mountain forest to search.
Once a child got lost while playing "hide and seek" till late in the evening and thought it was taken away by Yamanokami !

. Yamanokami and Tengu legends from Miyagi .

............................................................................... Saitama 　

Once a young man suddenly disappeared and the villagers, thinking he was abducted by a Tengu, went looking to him for no avail. After more than 15 days he came back, with torn robes and almost out of his wits. He had walked around the mountains with a Tengu, slept with the Tengu during the daytime and the Tengu had given him food during this time

............................................................................... Shizuoka 静岡県　

A boy was taken away by a Tengu. They looked for him everywhere but he came back after 10 days.
After that he disappeared for a few days quite often, but never remembered a thing.

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庵原郡 Ibara district 両河内村 Ryogochi mura

A child had been abducted by a Tengu and been to Kyoto and other places with him.
When it came back, there were parts of wood and moss in his feces.

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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
25 カミカクシ　天狗 to explore (05)
113 カミカクシ (00)

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source : el-aura.com/the-tengu
人間が魔界に落ちると天狗になる？

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