Talk:Tengu

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[edit] A bit more on Japanese History of Tengu

I found this while randomly researching Takaosan or Mt. Takao in Japan as a IRL friend had recently visited there and I was not familiar.

"Visitors pray there to Shinto-Buddhist mountain gods (tengu) for good fortune. Statues of the gods, one with a long nose and one with a crow beak, can be found at the temple and all over the mountain."Tokyo Travel: Takaosan

I just thought this was a slightly "different" representation of what is sighted in the real life Tengu word. Not that I really know, so I sited my source, last accessed by me Friday, June 12, 2009.

Makai 15:36, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Having slightly looked upon Japanese folklore and more upon mythology as a whole, I can tell you that

tengu in Japanese folklore are viewed as shape-shifting mischievous and sometimes evil creatures (western culture would deem them demons, but I am unsure if Japanese would call them such). A GW version could be seen as a shape-shifting version of the Grentches. Of course, not in looks. Tengu are also viewed as creatures to pray to, mostly to not get bad luck (i.e., basically saying "dear tengu, don't get me bad luck this year, I'll give you this offering as a bribe). After reading that site, I think that little "advertisement" is incorrect. The word it should be using instead of tengu is "kami" - the japanese word for god, holy spirits, deities, holy site of worship, etc. (it doesn't have any real translation into english words, because it represents anything dealing with holy beings/locations/acts/items). Of course, I can't say everything I say is 100% accurate, but it is along the right path. -- Azazel the Assassin/talk 17:03, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Annoying or Deadly?!

These Tengu are really driving me insane! Seems everywhere I go there are some Tengu (except NightFall... unfortunatly, I'm not a fan of NF). With a proper Hench/Hero setup these tengu are nothing more than flies, but if you're set up for hunting something different out in an explorable area, these tengu will rip you to shreds! >.<! I think they should show up blue on the radar... >.> would save me time.... and a few scores on my death count.... 1 year and up to 2.1k deaths... I haven't even death leveled anything!? I'm really starting to think they balance out the Tengu groups a bit better than most mob groups... --Needing Name 07:44, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Quetzal

On the page it stated that quetzals were birds, and that is true, but it did not mention that the quetzal is also a unit of currency in guatemala. Just thought i would point that out because i knew that from looking up cheap "Q" words for scrabble, and because i was kind of bored--Animus 17:46, 23 September 2008 (UTC)