[noun][from 1120](Buddhism) non-Buddhist teachings (from the perspective of Buddhist thought),
[noun][from early 1200s] practices involving tengu and witchcraft
[noun][from 1778]short for 外法頭(gehō atama, literally “outer-ways head”): a skull used for divination and witchcraft
[noun][from 1801](historical)short for 外法下駄(gehō geta): a type of geta popular in the early Edo period, with a footbed made of paulownia wood and teeth made of oak(possibly so named due to the surname of the first seller of this kind of geta)
[noun][from 1499]short for 外法頭(gehō atama, literally “outer-ways head”) alternative name for 福禄寿(Fukurokuju), one of the Seven Lucky Gods(so named for his elongated forehead)
(This term, げほふ(gefofu), is a historical kana spelling of the above term.)
