Son Goku the monkeyking Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 in asian mythology what were tengu's i have heard of there names before and all i know about themwere they were some type of ninja/demons.and that there long noses could cure any diseases.so will somebody please give me a mythology lesson pleasePEACE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShotokanKid Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 My dad always used to scare me by telling me about the tengu. "What we do in life, echoes in eternity.""We must all fear evil men. But there is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son Goku the monkeyking Posted April 11, 2006 Author Share Posted April 11, 2006 is there any place were i can learn more about tengu mythology here own the internet.PEACE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic 2004 Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 In terms of martial arts, from what I've read the Tengu are mostly associated with ninjutsu. According to folkore, the Togakure Ryu style of ninjutsu is said to be descended from Tengu from the mountains in Iga province. Ninja played on the mythology of the Tengu by wearing Tengu masks when conducting certain missions. Some of the "supernatural" abilities patusai listed can probably be done by a skilled ninja in a Tengu mask - except the whole shape-shifting and dreams thing. The white haired Tengu Sojobo is widely believed in Japanese folklore to have taught Minamoto Kuro Yoshitsune fighting techniques when Yoshitsune was a youth and training to become a priest on Mt. Kurama. Do you know who Chosin Chibana is...?The Chibana Project:http://chibanaproject.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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