天てん狗ぐ道どう

noun

world of the tengu; hell of the long-nosed goblins

In Buddhist cosmology and folk belief, a realm or state of existence where arrogant monks or conceited people are reborn as tengu. Often contrasted with heavenly realms.

See also: 天狗

• 天てん狗ぐ道どうに落おちた僧そうの話はなしが昔むかし話ばなしに残のこっている。

  Tales of monks who fell into the world of the tengu remain in old folklore.