Konpira-boThe Forty-Eight Tengu Guarding Mount Zozu, Konpira-bo
konpira-bo
Detailed Description
Konpira-bo is a yokai that embodies the history of Kotohira-gu (Matsuo-dera Konpira Daigongen) as a sacred mountain of Shugendo during the era of Shinto-Buddhist syncretism. Listed as one of the "Forty-Eight Tengu," he is revered as the great tengu commanding Mount Zozu in Sanuki. His true form is either a yamabushi who accumulated harsh austerities and transformed into a tengu, or a familiar (guardian deity) of Konpira Daigongen. This duality represents a typical structure of tengu legends in mountain beliefs across Japan. Particularly within the Konpira faith, which holds aspects of a maritime guardian and water deity, he assumes the role of warding off evil and dispensing divine punishment while enshrined in the deep mountains behind the shrine. Although Kotohira-gu is a Shinto shrine today, ascending the stone steps to the inner shrine and walking along the approach lined with ancient trees still profoundly conveys the majesty of the forest once believed to be the domain of Konpira-bo, imbued with the atmosphere of Shugendo.
Source Information
種類全体の出典primary
金刀比羅宮参拝ガイド奥社編 (威徳巖·天狗御守)
著者: 金刀比羅宮
出版社: 金刀比羅宮 (公式)
種類全体の出典primary
金毘羅権現 (修験道·天狗信仰)
出版社: Wikipedia·神道史
種類全体の出典primary
讃岐三大天狗 (金毘羅坊·白峯相模坊·中将坊)
出版社: 民俗·郷土史
種類全体の出典primary
和漢三才図会象頭山·金比羅坊条 (寺島良安 1712)
著者: 寺島良安
年代: 1712
出版社: 杏林堂
Personality
Strict and principled. Possesses the yamabushi temperament that values the discipline of Shugendo, showing no mercy to those who disrespect the divine. Also secretly protects earnest practitioners.
Compatibility
修験者·先達·海に生きる船人と縁が深い。山を敬い、道中の作法を守る参詣者を守護する。
Abilities & Skills
Weaknesses
Bound by the strict hierarchical relationships of the tengu realm (the order of the Forty-Eight Tengu). The decline of mountain asceticism, which formed the basis of his faith, following the separation of Shinto and Buddhism in the Meiji period.
診断評価
妖怪相性診断
喜び
5.0喜びと楽しさの程度
📝 メモ
金毘羅権現に仕え山を守る職務
怒り
7.0怒りの激しさの程度
📝 メモ
眷属筆頭の天狗としての荒々しい魔の力
慈悲深い
6.0慈悲深さの程度
📝 メモ
権現の教えに従って人々を助ける慈悲
憂鬱
3.0憂鬱で思慮深い程度
📝 メモ
使命に燃える天狗であり憂鬱さはない
静寂
7.0内なる平静の程度
📝 メモ
象頭山の奥深くに潜む静寂
いたずら好き
3.0いたずら好きで活発な程度
📝 メモ
真面目な眷属であるが時に天狗の神通力で飛翔する
やさしい
5.0やさしく親しみやすい程度
📝 メモ
参拝者には加護を与えるが畏怖すべき面も強い
厳格
9.0厳格で真面目な程度
📝 メモ
金毘羅大権現の第一の使者としての峻烈さ
守護的
10.0他者を守る傾向
📝 メモ
金毘羅の眷属として霊山を強力に守護する
神秘的
8.0神秘的で不思議な程度
📝 メモ
山岳信仰における天狗特有の魔術的な力
霊性の深さ
9.0精神的境界の深さ
📝 メモ
霊山信仰と神仏習合の核を成す存在
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