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| − | + | Tengu is a term used for Japanese gargoyles. It was first used at the end of "Strangers" when Robyn Canmore used that term for [[Yama]]. | |
==Real-World Background== | ==Real-World Background== | ||
Tengu appear in Japanese legend as a race of winged beings who lived in the forests and mountains of Japan. Like the Ishimura gargoyles, they sometimes taught [[bushido]] to humans; their most famous pupil was Yoshitsune of the Minamoto clan, who, thanks to their teachings, was able to defeat his family's chief rival, the Taira clan, which had overthrown his clan. The tengu were also said to have great magical abilities, and a fondness for playing tricks on humans (which makes them sound more like a branch of Oberon's Children than like gargoyles). | Tengu appear in Japanese legend as a race of winged beings who lived in the forests and mountains of Japan. Like the Ishimura gargoyles, they sometimes taught [[bushido]] to humans; their most famous pupil was Yoshitsune of the Minamoto clan, who, thanks to their teachings, was able to defeat his family's chief rival, the Taira clan, which had overthrown his clan. The tengu were also said to have great magical abilities, and a fondness for playing tricks on humans (which makes them sound more like a branch of Oberon's Children than like gargoyles). | ||
Revision as of 04:05, 11 January 2008
Tengu is a term used for Japanese gargoyles. It was first used at the end of "Strangers" when Robyn Canmore used that term for Yama.
Real-World Background
Tengu appear in Japanese legend as a race of winged beings who lived in the forests and mountains of Japan. Like the Ishimura gargoyles, they sometimes taught bushido to humans; their most famous pupil was Yoshitsune of the Minamoto clan, who, thanks to their teachings, was able to defeat his family's chief rival, the Taira clan, which had overthrown his clan. The tengu were also said to have great magical abilities, and a fondness for playing tricks on humans (which makes them sound more like a branch of Oberon's Children than like gargoyles).
