烏天狗(からすてんぐ)

からすてんぐ
noun
crow tengu (folklore)
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1. crow tengu
A kind of tengu, the mountain spirit of Japanese folklore, with a crow's beak and wings. In stories and art it often serves the long-nosed tengu.
烏天狗(からすてんぐ)の面(めん)を買(か)った。
I bought a crow-tengu mask.
烏天狗(からすてんぐ)は山(やま)に住(す)むと言(い)われる。
Crow tengu are said to live in the mountains.
烏天狗(からすてんぐ)は鳥(とり)のくちばしと翼(つばさ)を持(も)ち、鼻(はな)の長(なが)い天狗(てんぐ)とは姿(すがた)が違(ちが)う。
Crow tengu have a bird's beak and wings, and look different from the long-nosed tengu.

Cultural note

Tengu are linked with mountain worship and with yamabushi ascetics. Statues and masks of both kinds can be seen at mountain temples such as those on 高尾山(たかおさん).

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Related: 妖怪(ようかい) (supernatural creature)
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