Japanese

Tengu

It started as a falling star and ended up teaching a general to fight.

6 chapters on the figure behind the card, researched in the Japanese mythology sources and reviewed before publication. See Tengu’s card →

1. The Heavenly Dog In 637 something crossed the sky, and a priest named it.
2. The Road for Proud Priests Too devout for hell, too arrogant for heaven. A third road.
3. Beaks on the Bishops In 1296 somebody drew the great temples as birds. It stuck.
4. The Long Nose The beak became a nose, and the demon became a teacher.
5. The Master of Kurama Japan's most famous warrior was trained, they say, by one.
6. Tengu Weather A tree falls at night. In the morning no tree has fallen.

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