てんぐ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of てんぐ – see the following entry.

【天狗】 [noun] (Japanese mythology, Shinto, folklore) a tengu, a mythical Japanese creature, typically birdlike and having a long nose [noun] (figurative) a yamabushi [noun] (Noh) a tengu mask [noun] (historical) the Christian devil, Satan [noun] (figurative, from the tengu's long nose) pridefulness; someone who is very prideful, boastful, or full of oneself (compare English look down one's nose)

(This term, てんぐ (tengu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)