Tengu, Magicl Mystical Creature

The Tengu ( tin-goo) of Japan are strange half-bird, half human
creatures.  they have the body of a man and the face of a bird and
carry a fan made of feathers.  Their main purpose in life appears to
be to cause trouble, particularly by teaching humans how to use
weapons of war.  They are woodland creatures with a character partly
like the Nature spirit Pan and partly like a poltergeist. On occasion
they will possess a human,causing their victim to show great skill in
dancing and weapons.  When the  Tengu spirit is driven out, the
human remembers nothing.  these beings are said to be able to
shape-shift into any animal form and have great magical powers.
   Creatures of old Shinto religion, the Tengu  were the fierce
enemies of Buddhism during the Middle ages  They loved to tempt,
fool, or carry off priests or set fire to the temples.  This antagonism
may have come about because the  Tengu wanted their worship
restored, something forbidden by Buddhists.  The Buddhist hell
even had a place called the " Tengu road,"  an area said to be
reserved for hypocritical priests who had fallen into sin and forsaken
their vows.
     Some Japanese who live in the more remote regions still
believe in the Tengu.  Today, the creatures are said to be sharp-eyed
bird-like spirits who haunt isolated areas and, if not given offerings,
play pranks on trav
elers or steal lost children.
     An ancient Japanese hanging scroll portrays creature similar
to the Tengu.  tis being has a woman's head, arms, breasts, and
torso: its back lets are bird feet, and it has two wings and a long
feathery tail.

Psychological  Attributes: Positive--One who is attracted to the Old
Religions, rejecting the accepted modern ones.  Negative-- a fol-
lower of a specific religion who is constantly shoving his or hers per-
sonal beliefs in the faces of non-believers. 

Magickal Attributes: Very dangerous, as they like t possess humans
and through them cause violent trouble, although the Tengu have
great magikal power. Dance, weapons, war.

{ Magickal Mystical Creatures( invite them into your life) } D.J. Conway

Bee vase

In its true state, mind is naked, immaculate:; not
made of anything, being of the Voidness; clear,
vacuous, without duality transparent;timeless,
uncompounded, unim peded, colourless; not
realizable as a separate thing, but as the unity of
al things, yet not composed of them; of one
taste, and transcendent over differentiation.
                __ _Padmasambhava
                        The Tibetan Book of

                         the Great Liberation