TENGU

 A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN JAPAN (INCLUDING FORMOSA), BY BASIL CHAMBERLAIN,F.R.G.S. AND W.B. MASON, CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SCOTTISH GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY AND LATE OF THE IMPERIAL  JAPANESE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS. WITH THIRTY MAPS AND PLANS AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. NINTH EDITION, REVISED THROUGHOUT. LONDON. JOHN MURRAY, ALLEMARLE STREET. YOKOHAMA, SHANGHAI,- KELLY&WALSH, LIMITED-HONKONG, SINGAPORE.1913

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TENGU a long nosed goblin often represented with wings and supposed to inhabit the mountains.
Please, have a look at the symbol of Norway- the goblin Troll.

The Tengu,- means- "two in number", and  literary it means "heavenly dogs". Tengu are goblins with a red face an enormous nose, claws and a pair of wings. They inhabit mountains and forests and often carry away people of both sexes into the desolate mountains. The Tengu belong like Inari ,Hachiman, Tenjin, Dōryū etc. to the few Shinto deities, whose statues are commonly found and used as objects of worship.

دو In the 大同 類聚 方 一 (quoted in Shikida's Norito bemmo) the term mono-no-ke, which means ke evil influence of a sprite. It is explained as  "bewitchment",calamity from animals , and  calamity from the high gods. The means the passive sufferance of bewitchment whilst the Norito speaks of its active exercise.

flying in at the smoke hole in the roof etc.

 Taka-tsu-kami no wazahahi is the calamity sent by the Thunder god being struck by lightning and the Tengu.