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1 yokai rooted in Suruga Province. Explore the legends tied to this land.

  • Konoha Tengu

    Konoha Tengu

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    Konoha Tengu (Classical Depiction)

    Mountain & Wilderness SpiritsAcross Japan (mountains and fields of Suruga, Tōtōmi, Suō, etc.)

    A figure based on Edo-period essays and ghost tales. Ranked below the long-nosed yamabushi-style tengu, it performs menial tasks and is described as birdlike or as a human-faced bird. Accounts vary by region and source: flocks seen at night catching fish on the Ōi River in Suruga, references to them as white wolves within the tengu realm and as elder wolves elevated in rank, and tales of trickery such as a hunter in Iwakuni being toyed with by a tengu disguised as a boy. Overall, rather than causing great harm to people or livestock, they tend to interact through shapeshifting and bewilderment. Ukiyo-e sometimes shows them resting in trees, suggesting they are not invariably violent. Their nature is tied to the mountain borderlands, quick to sense human intrusion and retreat.