Tengu Physiology

Tengu Physiology
Aya Syameimaru (Touhou) Humble Tengu Reporter
Power/Ability to:	Use the traits of Tengu

Power to use the abilities of Tengu. Variation of Yokai Physiology and Corvid Physiology.

Capabilities

User with this ability either is or can transform into an Tengu (lit. "heavenly dog", see Tiangou), with highly variable in appearance: some are almost completely bird-like with only minor humanoid features (this might include clothes), others are completely human, most are somewhere between these extremes. They are associated with the ascetic practice known as Shugendō, and they are usually depicted in the distinctive garb of its followers, the yamabushi.

Tengu are protective, if still dangerous, spirits of the mountains and forests, they are mischievous and sometimes malicious, with a propensity for playing pranks on humans. Although they disdain the proud and arrogant, they are often guilty of those same flaws.

Applications

• Corvid Physiology
  • Avian Physiology
    • Aerial Adaptation
    • Claw Retraction
    • Enhanced Agility
    • Enhanced Lung Capacity
    • Enhanced Reflexes
    • Flight/Wing Manifestation
    • Hollow Skeleton
  • Enhanced Bite
  • Enhanced Intelligence
  • Enhanced Memory
  • Enhanced Vision
  • Environmental Adaptation
• Enhanced Speed
• Enhanced Strength
• Enhanced Swordsmanship
• Shapeshifting which partially explains their variable forms.
• Short-range Teleportation
• Telepathy

Variations

• Air Manipulation
• Avian Manipulation
• Enhanced Condition
• Enhanced Combat
• Illusion Manipulation
• Mystical Martial Arts

Daitengu (Greater Tengu) are both larger and more powerful than their lesser cousins, they are also the ones in charge and generally each rulers of their own domain. They have all the powers of lesser tengu, including Variations, but on far higher level:

• Magical Combat
• Supernatural Condition
• Teleportation

Associations

• Forest Manipulation
• Mountain Manipulation
• Shinto Deity Physiology
• Trickster
• Yokai Physiology

Known Users

See Also: Tengu

• Tengu (Japanese Mythology)
• Tengu (Touhou Project)
  • Aya Shameimaru
  • Hatate Himekaidou
  • Momiji Inubashiri
• Tengu Brothers (Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2)
• Tengun (Robo-Geisha)
• Tengu Shredder (Teenage Muntant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series)
• Tenguman (Megaman)
• Tenguman.EXE (Megaman Battle Network)
• Tengu/Tenga Warriors (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers season 3, cameo fight Zeo, & Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie)
• Setsuna Sakurazaki (Negima)
• Shiftry (Pokemon)
• Haiji Miyamoto (Rosario + Vampire)
• Gohyakumine Bankotsubo (Dead or Alive)
• Nyotengu (Dead or Alive)
• Setsuna Sakurazaki (Mahou Sensei Negima); half-tengu
• Usui/Tengu (Black Bird)
• Gekikro (Spectrobes)
• Haruka (Tactics)
• Tengu (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Shinobu Inue (Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East)
• Tengu (Mad World)

Gallery

Hatate Himekaidou (Touhou) Modern Day Spirit Photographer.

Gohyakumine Bankotsubo (Dead or Alive)

Setsuna Sakurazaki (Mahou Sensei Negima)

The Tengu Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Tengu (AD&D/Pathfinder)

Tengu (Valkyrie Crusade)

Shinobu Inue (Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East) was saved and fostered by a Tengu. He possesses Tengu ability and is able to make wind and fly thanks to his wings.

Nyotengu (Dead or Alive)

Shiftry (Pokémon)

Tengu Man (Mega Man)

TenguMan.EXE (Mega Man)