Definition of "tengu" []

• A mythical Japanese creature, typically birdlike and having a long nose (noun)

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• "The yamabushi (which were real) were heavily influenced by esoteric Buddhism, and the tengu (legendary bird/man creatures with magical powers) were often said to be transformed or reincarnated monks, or in those stories where the tengu was a natural creature, was itself a practitioner of shugendou like practices."
• "And from Japanese Buddhist mythology: the tengu … harbingers of death and war (they later became nature spirits)."
• "The tengu agrees to the man's proposal, but still all is not as it seems."