Tengu

Tengu
Origin	Japanese culture
Race(s)	BruteMajin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis YomaShin Megami Tensei Shin Megami Tensei II Shin Megami Tensei if... Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner Megami Ibunroku Persona Devil Children Black Book and Red Book Devil Children White Book Devil Children Light Book and Dark Book Devil Children Fire Book and Ice Book
Alignment(s)	Neutral-LawShin Megami Tensei Neutral-NeutralShin Megami Tensei II
Arcana(s)	MagicianPersona 2: Innocent Sin Persona 2: Eternal Punishment

Tengu is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

Gameplay

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner

	Name Level Tengu 35	Strength 12 Intelligence 8 Magic 8 Endurance 6 Agility 13 Luck 5
Location East Asia TV; Sewers (Asahi-Ku) B1F-B3F
Species Race Alignment HP MP S. CostCost to summon from COMP CP Demonic Yoma Neutral-Neutral 182 113Sega Saturn/133PlayStation Portable 350 MMagnetite 33
Personality Loyalty Inheritance Speech Drop Haughty Materialistic Force Elder Fengzhi
Hit(s) Attack Accuracy Defense Evasion M. Attack M. Defense 1-3 94 69 82 68 20 30
Mystic Change Tengu Geta
Resistances "Reflects Ice. Weak to Fire, Charge." Sword Spear Thrown Gun D Atk Fire Ice Elec Force Psy ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1.5 Rfl ×⅕Reflect (×⅕ Damage) ×1 ×1 ×1 Expel Death Almi Mind Ruin Bind Nerve Charge Skill Swd Skl ×½ ×1 ×1 ×⁷⁄₁₀ ×⁷⁄₁₀ ×⁷⁄₁₀ ×⁷⁄₁₀ ×1.5 ×1 ×1
Moon Phase Damage Output  New  1/8  2/8  3/8  Half  5/8  6/8  7/8  Full 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Magic Skills Skill Attribute Cost Description Mazan Force 7 MP Attack magic. Front row. Power 31. Force-type damage to 1 whole row of enemies. Estoma Special 3 MP Special magic. During movement. Period of 1 moon cycle. Staves off the appearance of low-level demons.
Extra Skills Skill Attribute Cost Description Mach Thrust Spear 11% HP Special physical action. Power 12. 0-7 hit attack. Taunt Support 3 MP Special magic action. All. Increases attack and decreases defense of all enemies. Horse-Leg Kick SkillEnemy only. 3% HP —

Compendium

Compendium Entries
Shin Megami Tensei (A-Mode DDS)	Origin: Japan A mountain god who causes odd incidents. They were originally drawn as a cross between a man's face and a bird's. Later, they were drawn more as a mountain priest with a red face and long nose. They are said to have various divine powers and dwell in mountains.
Devil Summoner (Akuma Zensho; PSP)	出身地：日本 天狗。山に棲んでは神通力を奮う、人型の魔物。山伏の衣装に高い鼻をした赤い顔が、一般的なイメージとして浸透する。 幻術、念力、飛行術といった神通力と呼ばれる不思議な力を持っていることで知られる。 山に入って修業を積んでいた仏教僧が、その道を誤り魔道に墜ちると、テングになるといわれる。 良い心の持ち主であった僧は良いテングとなり、他の修行僧や山にお参りにくる人を事故などから守るとされた。 悪い心の僧は悪いテングになり、僧たちの 修行の邪魔をした。 Translation: Place of origin: Japan Heavenly dog. A humanoid demon with supernatural powers that lives in the mountains. The widespread popular image has a red face with a long nose and the clothing of a yamabushi. It is known to possess mysterious powers called jintsūriki, such as the art of illusion, psychokinesis, and the art of flight. If a Buddhist monk training in the mountains makes an error in his path and falls into a heretical path, he is said to become a tengu. It is said that a monk who possessed a good heart would become a good tengu, protecting other ascetic monks and people visiting the mountains from accidents and the like. A monk with an evil heart would become an evil tengu who acted as a demon hindering the ascetic training of monks.
Persona 2: Innocent Sin	A red-faced, long-nosed youkai that creates strong winds with a leaf fan.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	テング 天狗Shin Megami Tensei (Mega-CD)	Tengu

Gallery

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  A Sprite of Tengu from the PlayStation version of Shin Megami Tensei

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  A Sprite of Tengu from the Mega-CD version of Shin Megami Tensei