Ian Ropke writes: The mountains throughout Japan are home to a very long-nosed creature known as a tengu or mountain goblin. The origins of tengu are not very clear. They can be found in both Shinto and Buddhist texts. Some scholars trace the origin of the tengu to one of the primary gods of Shinto: Susano-o, who shares many of the characteristics for which tengu are feared … [Read more...]
Tengu
Here's an interesting premise for a movie: that the whole legend of the long nosed red faced Tengu came from shipwrecked white boys hiding in the mountains back in the days when we weren't allowed on these shores... Here's the blurb: David (Ted Taylor) comes to Japan for one week to study traditional legends. He is supposed to meet Professor Ozawa, a leading expert in the … [Read more...]
