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Tengu (天狗, Tengu? "heavenly dogs")

They are one of the best known yōkai (monster-spirits) and are sometimes worshipped as Shinto kami (revered spirits or gods). Although they take their name from a dog-like Chinese demon (Tiangou), the tengu were originally thought to take the forms of birds of prey, and they are traditionally depicted with both human and avian characteristics. The earliest tengu were pictured with beaks, but this feature has often been humanized as an unnaturally long nose, which today is practically the tengu's defining characteristic in the popular imagination.

Buddhism long held that the tengu were disruptive demons and harbingers of war. Their image gradually softened, however, into one of protective, if still dangerous, spirits of the mountains and forests. Tengu are associated with the ascetic practice known as Shugendō, and they are usually depicted in the distinctive garb of its followers, the yamabushi. - Wikipedia

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Third entry. Thought of them as probably an army or some sort since Tengu being a kind of Creature and not a character. He looks a lil too heavy for my tatse but yea. Again lack of some traditional elements on the rest of the body. Maybe i should tie some thick red ropes around his limbs or even a monk beaded necklace? lol!

Cheers!!

Description
Tengu (天狗, Tengu? "heavenly dogs")

They are one of the best known yōkai (monster-spirits) and are sometimes worshipped as Shinto kami (revered spirits or gods). Although they take their name from a dog-like Chinese demon (Tiangou), the tengu were originally thought to take the forms of birds of prey, and they are traditionally depicted with both human and avian characteristics. The earliest tengu were pictured with beaks, but this feature has often been humanized as an unnaturally long nose, which today is practically the tengu's defining characteristic in the popular imagination.

Buddhism long held that the tengu were disruptive demons and harbingers of war. Their image gradually softened, however, into one of protective, if still dangerous, spirits of the mountains and forests. Tengu are associated with the ascetic practice known as Shugendō, and they are usually depicted in the distinctive garb of its followers, the yamabushi. - Wikipedia

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Third entry. Thought of them as probably an army or some sort since Tengu being a kind of Creature and not a character. He looks a lil too heavy for my tatse but yea. Again lack of some traditional elements on the rest of the body. Maybe i should tie some thick red ropes around his limbs or even a monk beaded necklace? lol!

Cheers!!