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Tengu
Sept 14, 2005 6:43:42 GMT -5
Post by pennylane on Sept 14, 2005 6:43:42 GMT -5
I was just skimming through a book I have and I noticed something. This more than likely has no meaning to anything but I found some strange coincidences...
Tengu: in Japanese folklore, a type of mischievous supernatural being, sometimes considered the reincarnated spirit of one who was proud, talented and arrogant in life. Tengu are born from an egg and live in the mountains. A group of tengu is headed by a chief, who is depicted with a prominent nose, angry and threatening expression, dressed in red robes and carrying a feather fan. He is served by a group of retainers called koppa tengu ("leaflet" tengu) who act as his messengers.
The expression tengu ni naru is thus an admonition to avoid being arrogant. If they do good deeds, however, tengu can be reborn as humans. Tengu, unlike obake (ghosts), are always shown with bare feet.
The wings of bird tengu are usually shown with ordinary feathers. However, some would describe the wings as shimmering or glimmering.
Tengu can take human form, usually to trick people. Tanuki (badgers) and kitsune (foxes) have the same power but their true forms are revealed by their shadows or reflections. If a tengu is struck down by magic or a powerful martial artist, it will often transform into a wounded blackbird.
Tengu speak without moving their mouths, as if by telepathy. They can also possess and speak directly through people as well as appear to them in dreams. Tengu apparently have a hierarchy. Long nosed tengu are generally in charge of bird tengu. The king of all tengu is Sojobo, an elderly, white-haired yamabushi tengu. Sojobo is famous for teaching martial arts and strategy to Minamoto Yoshitsune on Mt. Kurama, north of Kyoto.
just thought there were strange coincidences.
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Tengu
Sept 14, 2005 9:41:49 GMT -5
Post by plastic paul on Sept 14, 2005 9:41:49 GMT -5
Red Robes could be highlighted as well, as in the "4 or 5 magicians" from MMT.
I'm always a fan of posts like this, i don't believe in coincidences, there could well be some relation here.
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Tengu
Sept 14, 2005 10:56:03 GMT -5
Post by Shadow on Sept 14, 2005 10:56:03 GMT -5
Tengu link 1Tengu 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 (law). Tengu link 2Even now, there are rumors and folktales about Tengu, a ghost who lives in the mountains. Tengu has a red face, long nose and looks like a wandering Buddhist monk, wearing high geta (Japanese wooden clogs). In his hand he holds a fan made of feathers, and with the wings on his back, he is able to fly freely through the sky. Late at night you may think that you hear somebody chopping at a tree with an ax in the far-off mountains and shortly thereafter you hear it falling down. But the next morning, when you look, there is nothing there. In addition to this, there are other stories such as Tenguyurashi, which tells of mountain huts shaking in the middle of the night, and Tenguwarai, which tells of people hearing sudden loud laughter during the night. Tengu link 3Geographic Base: Japan, in the deepest forests Appearance: 6" tall, looking like a hybrid of a human and a crow. Tengu have red hair, black eyes, long beaklike noses, human ears, clawed birdlike hands and feet, and feathered tiny wings that they can use to fly very quickly. They dress in long red robes and for special occasions paint their faces with elaborate red and black patterns. Most of the time Tengu carry with them either a Japanese style sword and/or a feather fan for doing magic (generally changing the length of their nose or their whole appearance, though usually not completely). While all Tengu are male, they do lay and hatch from eggs.
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Tengu
Sept 14, 2005 17:06:28 GMT -5
Post by pennylane on Sept 14, 2005 17:06:28 GMT -5
There has been talk about clues being related to myths and legends before ie; the hyacinths.. I guess my point is that perhaps courtesy of ms ono there could be links to Japanese legends.. maybe..
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Tengu
Sept 14, 2005 20:22:49 GMT -5
Post by JoJo on Sept 14, 2005 20:22:49 GMT -5
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Tengu
Sept 15, 2005 0:11:23 GMT -5
Post by beatlies on Sept 15, 2005 0:11:23 GMT -5
The conical hats the MMT magicians wear are similar to those of Shinto priests. The same kind of conical hat, in red, is worn by the red shirted "dwarf" on Sgt. Pepper near the Japanese doll with a sword and what appears to be the map of Japan in purplish-blue flowers matching the blue clothing worn by the Japanese doll, who suggests JPM's round face.
The Japan map is a counterpart to the map outlining France on the other side of the album cover.
Next to the map of Japan in purple are yellow flowers and a red circle of flowers. I've read that the cover's flowers of yellow were originally white then airbrushed in yellow. If so, then the white and red make up the rising sun flag of Japan.
On a rehearsal of "Come Together" that is a link on JoJo's shoebox Lennon clearly sings "Tojo filter" not "mojo filter." The water filter on the Sgt. Pepper cover is next to the Japanese doll and the Japanese area. With his walrus mustache, circular glasses and military uniform Lennon looks rather like General / Prime Minister / war criminal Tojo. He has a feather on his shoulder.
A report in 1943 that Shirley Temple had died set off celebrations in Imperial Japan.
JPM appears in a Japanese robe on the back cover of December 1966 "Oldies but Goldies." He is the focus of the photograph. The Beatles performed in Tokyo, Japan at Budokan June-July 1966. They were protested and received assassination threats from Japanese right wingers upset that the Beatles and their corrupting influence were desecrating the site of the venue Budokan conert hall that is a shrine to deceased Japanese soldiers.
I've been thinking and talking about Japan clues and connections for a long time. Penny Lane may have made an important discovery.
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Tengu
Sept 15, 2005 3:06:38 GMT -5
Post by pennylane on Sept 15, 2005 3:06:38 GMT -5
and that my friend.. is how pool should be played I'll see what i can find. I have a ton of Japanese books on tradition and mythology etc.. courtesy of my grandparents, making sure I don't forget where my heritage lay! or lie.. I'm not quite sure
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Tengu
Sept 15, 2005 7:47:31 GMT -5
Post by pennylane on Sept 15, 2005 7:47:31 GMT -5
just a few more things:
The colour White (white album) means mourning the dead.
Hyacinth (purple): Sorrow, Grief
Red carnation (MMT): my aching heart
Black(MMT): mystery and solemnity; the color of the night. Expresses the depths of the unknown.
Purple robes (sgt pepper statue) represent ceremony, mysterious, and mourning.
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