T E N G U -- Contents -- Foreword -- List of Figures -- List of Plates -- List of Maps -- Introduction -- The Tengu -- About Shamanism in the Present Context -- SHAMANISM -- EXAMPLES OF SHAMANIC PRACTICES -- Communing with the Gods -- THE DRUM AND MIRRORS -- SHAPE-SHIFTING AND THERIANTHROPES -- INITIATORY DREAMS -- Origins -- SUMMARY -- THE THREE HAN COMMANDERIES, THE SAMHAN -- KIBI AND THE YAMATO SETTLEMENT -- Cultic Symbols -- THE DEER CULT AND THE TREE OF LIFE -- IRON SMITHING -- GRIFFIN SYMBOLISM -- ARMOUR, WEAPONS AND DIVINE PROTECTION -- The Transition from the Griffin to the Hawk and Crow -- The Shaman and His Drum -- THE ANCIENT SWORD KASHIRA -- Shamanism and the Japanese Context -- MASTERY OF FIRE AND INTERNAL HEAT -- SHAPE-SHIFTING -- Transition from the Ancient to the Medieval Period -- ATTRACTION OF THE MOUNTAINS -- EN-NO-GYO -- THE PROTO-YAMABUSHI -- Introduction of the Buddhist Mikkyˉ -- THE HIJIRI EXPERIENCE -- ZAOˉ -GONGEN -- Were the 'Protectors' the Proto-Yamabushi? -- SACRED AND 'PROTECTED' MOUNTAINS -- THE ZENKI AND GOKI FIGURES -- Comparisons -- An Alternative Origin for the Tengu -- Apparitions -- THE APPEAL OF MARISHI-TEN -- MINAMOTO-NO-YOSHITSUNE AND KURAMA-YAMA -- THE BISHOP'S VALLEY -- YAMABUSHI AND TENGU IN THE EARLY-MUROMACHI PERIOD -- TENGU AS MOUNTED INFANTRY? -- Tengu Weapons and Other Items -- Dai-tengu and Shˉo-tengu in the Iconography -- SHUGENDOˉ HONZON AND KURAMA SHINKAGE-RYˉU DENSHO -- DAI-TENGU FIGURES -- SHOˉ -TENGU FIGURES -- TWO FINAL HONZON -- Messenger of the Deities -- HUGINN AND MUNINN, MESSENGERS OF ODIN, AND THE YATAGARASU -- OBSERVATIONS -- Bugei Tengu Iconography -- THE SOˉ -JUTSU DENSHOˉ -- SOˉ -JUTSU MOKUROKU SCROLL - EDO-JIDAI -- THE SHINKAGE-RY -- TWO FINAL TORA-NO-MAKI AND DENSHO -- Marishi-ten and 'Divine Assistance' -- WINGED THERIANTHROPIC FIGURES -- THE 'CAPED WINGS'.

TENTATIVE CONCLUSIONS -- IN-YOˉ -KIGAKU - THE INTERPRETATION OF THE YIN-YANG IN THE TAO -- TENGU AND THE KO-RY -- INFLUENCE OF THE YAMABUSHI -- THE OKUDEN LEVELS -- THE LESSONS TO BE DRAWN FROM THE TENGU FIGURES -- Tengu Revisited -- Endnotes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.