History Main / Tengu

* The boss in ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive 2'', and returns as a playable character in the fourth installment. His skin is dark black, with white facial hair, and a very long nose.

* In ''Literature/{{Tinker}}'', [[spoiler: Riki]] turns out to be a tengu spying for the oni.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. The 1st Edition ''Oriental Adventures'' had crow-headed tengu as monsters. They were 2-3 foot tall humanoids with a crow's head and beak and feathered wings between their shoulder blades. They were maliciously evil, trying to harm all humans in their area. They fought using katana and wakizashi and could cast the Polymorph Self and Shout spells 3 times per day each.

** The tengu clans have reunited in the sequel and formed a neutral nation of their own, the Dominion of Winds. Due to years of being treated as monsters and their recent forced exile from Cantha, the nation is understandably reluctant to make allies.

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* The tengu of ''LegendOfTheFiveRings'' are aloof but benevolent, and some of Rokugan's greatest swordmasters trained under them.

* In "Bad Guys", the comic continuation of {{Gargoyles}}, the word "Tengu" is used as the Japanese word for "Gargoyle".

* Yotsuba meets [[spoiler:Jumbo]] dressed as a tengu boss during the [[FestivalEpisode cart-pulling festival]] of ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}''. She\'s young enough to find it scary, even though she knows it\'s a mask.

* The Mountain God in ''Manga/HellTeacherNube'' has several Tengu as his minions, and he often uses them to sever Nube and Yukime\'s bonds to one another. One of them almost succeeded in killing Nube using its giant wind-blowing leaf, which it first used to blow bad daydreams into Nube's mind and then went for the more direct approach of blowing Nube onto the train tracks as a train sped by.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' Love's zanpakuto is modeled after a Tengu's nose, being [[{{BFS}} absurdly large]] and being named [[MeaningfulName Tengumaru]].[[note]]-maru is a common ending for a Japanese male name or, as fitting for this case, the name of a sword.[[/note]]

* Aya Shameimaru and Hatate Himekaidou from ''[[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Touhou Project]]''. Momizi Inubashiri is also listed as a tengu, but she is of the white wolf variety instead of a crow. It could be that she is a [[http://www.monstropedia.org/index.php?title=Tiangou Tiangou]], a dog-like creature from Chinese mythology that's related to the Japanese tengu.

As with most legendary creatures from ancient myth, there is a certain amount of variation in how they are depicted. The earliest depictions, often called Karasu Tengu (Crow Tengu), are depicted as anthropomorphic crows with a fully bird-like head and beak. Later depictions, known as Hanataka Tengu (Long-nosed Tengu), instead resemble humans with red skin and comically-long noses.

Tengu are often depicted as mountain-dwelling and are associated with martial arts, sometimes being cited as the origins of obscure martial arts disciplines. They are particularly identified with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamabushi yamabushi]], the mountain-dwelling monks of the Shugendo religion, and are often depicted wearing the yamabushi's traditional costume (depending on the story this may be a disguise, a show of religious devotion, or the original clothing that yamabushi garb was based on). Other common features include long white hair, "tengu geta"[[note]]Wooden sandals (geta) with one unusually tall slat rather than two, requiring superhuman balance to walk in[[/note]], and large fans or parasols.

As with most legendary creatures from ancient myth, there is a certain amount of variation in how they are depicted. The earliest depictions, often called Karasu Tengu (Crow Tengu), are depicted as anthropomorphic crows with a fully bird-like head and beak. Later depictions, known as Long-nosed Tengu, instead resemble humans with red skin and comically-long noses.

Tengu are a type of {{Youkai}} found in JapaneseMythology that are most commonly associated with crows.

As with most legendary creatures from ancient myth, there is a certain amount of variation in how they are depicted. The earliest depictions of Tengu show them with beaks; however, they are often shown as having long noses instead. Long-nosed Tengu tend to be red-skinned and have otherwise human facial features. Other Tengu, often called Karasu Tengu are depicted as anthropomorphic crows with a fully bird-like head.

Still others (especially in modern stories) might simply be {{Winged Humanoid}}s who otherwise look like ordinary people. Sometimes their large nose or beak might be a part of a mask rather than an integral part of their own anatomy.

Tengu are often depicted as mountain-dwelling and are associated with martial arts. They be cited as the origins of obscure martial arts disciplines. Other common features include long white hair, wooden sandals, and carrying large fans or parasols.

* Shiftry from ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' is a [[GreenThumb Grass]] and [[CombatPragmatist Dark]] type based on a tengu. It has a long nose, fan-like leaves for hands, and even feet shaped like tengu geta.

In ''VideoGame/{{Angband}}'', tengu are minor demons that can cast some teleport spells.

As with most legendary creatures from ancient myth, there is a certain amount of variation in how they are depicted. The earliest depictions of Tengu show them with beaks; however, they are often shown as having long noses instead. Long-nosed Tengu tend to be red-skinned and have otherwise human facial features. Other Tengu, often called Karasu Tengu are depicted as anthropomorphic crows with a fully bird like head.

For the other crow youkai (Yatagarasu) see [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=eqb9cgpf571ujczb2rrw7blf here]].

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