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Karasutengu

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This little one will be quite fun to use.....

Tengu 天狗 are mountain and forest goblins with both Shinto and Buddhist attributes. Their supernatural powers include shape-shifting into human or animal forms, the ability to speak to humans without moving their mouth, the magic of moving instantly from place to place without using their wings, and the sorcery to appear uninvited in the dreams of the living.

The patron of martial arts, the bird-like Tengu is a skilled warrior and mischief maker, especially prone to playing tricks on arrogant and vainglorious Buddhist priests, and to punishing those who willfully misuse knowledge and authority to gain fame or position. In bygone days, they also inflicted their punishments on vain and arrogant samurai warriors. They dislike braggarts, and those who corrupt the Dharma (Buddhist Law).

Karasu Tengu (“Crow” Tengu) 烏天狗
The ancient form of the Tengu was the “karasu” or “crow” Tengu. Portrayed as an evil crow-like creature with the body of a man, it was capable of kidnapping adults and children, starting fires, and ripping apart those who willfully damaged the forest, for the Tengu live in trees. Sometimes, too, the Tengu would abduct human beings, only to release them later, but the “lucky” survivor would return home in a state of dementia (called “Tengu Kakushi, meaning “hidden by a Tengu”)

Karasutengu is a Dollzone BB by the same name.
Image size
960x640px 276.47 KB
Make
SONY
Model
DSLR-A300
Shutter Speed
1/50 second
Aperture
F/7.1
Focal Length
18 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
Aug 14, 2011, 4:01:01 PM
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Yugeisaka's avatar
Such an odd little head, I love it! And it's nice to see some other bakamonogatari too.

(also, money is very tight at the moment, but I should be able to send your package out next week. Sorry for the delay!)