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Tengu to matsu 天狗と松 Legends about the Tengu pine

. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .
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Tengumatsu, Tengu matsu 天狗松
Tengu no matsu 天狗の松
Tengu no koshikake matsu 天狗の腰掛松
Tengu no yasumiki 天狗の休み木 a tree where the Tengu take a rest
Tengu no tomarigi テングノトマリギ（天狗のとまり木）a tree where Tengu take a rest

. matsu 松 pine tree - introduction .
There are various types of PINE in Japan.



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. shinboku 神木, shinju　神樹　sacred tree, divine tree

There are a few legends about sacred trees where the Tengu sits and takes a rest -
Tengu no matsu 天狗の松, Tengu no koshikake matsu 天狗の腰掛松 .
People protect these trees and dear not cut them down for fear of bad luck and misfortune.
For example in Chichibu town, Higashi-Chichibu, Ogano, ...

Tengu no tomarigi テングノトマリギ（天狗のとまり木）a tree where Tengu take a rest
Their legends are handed down in the villages. If someone tries to cut a tree town, he will be flipped in the air or falls under the tree.
At night such a tree sometimes makes a loud, painful sound, or falls down all by itself
天狗の倒し木 - tree cut down by a Tengu,
If villagers check in the morning, sometimes there is nothing special to be seen.

In Yamanashi sacred trees are used by the Yamanokami 山の神　Deity of the Mountain or a Tengu.


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............................................................................... Aichi 愛知県　

. Tengu matsu 天狗松 Pine from Aichi .




............................................................................... Chiba 千葉県　

. 天狗の腰かけ松 Pine of the Tengu .




............................................................................... Miyazaki　宮崎県　


. Tengu matsu 天狗松 Pine from Miyazaki .




............................................................................... Saitama 埼玉県 　

秩父　Chichibu

. Tengu no matsu 天狗の松 Tengu pine .


Tengu no yasumi no ki 天狗の休み木 A tree where the Tengu takes a rest
Along the pass 烏首峠 Torikubi Toge, which connects 名栗 Naguri with 浦山 Urayama in Chichibu there is 大楓 a huge maple tree where the Tengu takes a rest.
When the forest workers cut it down, there begun a lot of accidents to happen, a wood cutter fell ill and eventually even the man who bought the lumber was hit with bad luck.


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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
天狗の腰掛松 - 2 legends
天狗の松　- 9 legends
天狗松 - 33 legends
天狗 松 - 100 legends

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. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .

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. Legends about Kobo Daishi Kukai - 弘法大師　空海 - 伝説 .

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- Yookai 妖怪 Yokai Monsters of Japan -

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Posted By Gabi Greve to Heian Period Japan on 1/14/2018 11:06:00 am