Tiangou
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The tiangou (Chinese:
Tales explain that you must beat dogs and drive them away in order to ward off the tiangou. The dog god would then spit out the sun or moon and flee back into the heavens.
Battle with Zhang Xian
Zhang Xian (Chinese:
He is the god of birth and the protector of male children. Many sought[when?] for him to give them male offspring and to protect their living children[clarification needed : Should this be "living sons"?].
Derivatives
The tengu of Japanese folklore was derived from the tiangou. The tengu is usually depicted as a bird, or man with a long nose and other bird-like characteristics, while the tiangou is a dog.
See also
Media related to Tiangou at Wikimedia Commons
- Dog (Chinese mythology)
- Dingo, a wild dog with a similar sounding name
References
- de Visser, M. W. (1908). "The Tengu". Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan 34 (2): pp. 25-99. Z. P. Maruya & Co.