Tengu (天狗) are a type of legendary creature found in Japanese folk religion.
The tengu in art appears in a variety of shapes.
It usually falls somewhere between a large, monstrous bird and a wholly anthropomorphized being, often with a red face or an unusually large or long nose.
Early depictions of tengu show them as kite-like beings who can take a human-like form, often retaining avian wings, head or beak.
The tengu's long nose seems to have been conceived in the 14th century, likely as a humanization of the original bird's bill.
Tengu are commonly depicted holding a magical ha-uchiwa (羽団扇 "feather fan"), fans made of feathers.
In folk tales, these fans sometimes have the ability to grow or shrink a person's nose, but usually they are attributed the power to stir up great winds.
Various other strange accessories may be associated with tengu, such as a type of tall, one-toothed geta sandal often called tengu-geta.
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Tengu came to be associated in pre-Buddhist mountain worship and local folk-religious practices.
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Tengu have two faces: Evil side and good side.
Good side of Tengu:
Syugendou, one of Japanese original religion,
they put Tengu as the mountain god.
Good side Tengu protect Buddhism, also they are the guardian of temple and monk who practicing Buddhism.
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Evil side of Tengu:
The people died with deep hatred or the people died with always complaining of their life or with arrogance and boasted themselves, those souls go to the Hell and became
evil Tengu which brings huge calamity.
Also Tengu are the troublesome opponents of Buddhism, who mislead the pious with false images of the Buddha, carry off monks and drop them in remote places, possess women in an attempt to seduce holy men, rob temples, and endow those who worship them with unholy power.
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