天てん狗ぐ礫つぶて

noun

mysterious falling rocks in the mountains

Folkloric term for rocks or stones that seem to fall from nowhere in mountainous areas, traditionally attributed to tengu.

• 山やま道みちで天てん狗ぐ礫つぶてに遭あったという話はなしを聞きいた。

  I heard a story about encountering mysterious falling rocks on a mountain trail.

• 天てん狗ぐ礫つぶては、天てん狗ぐの仕し業わざだと昔むかしの人ひとは考かんがえた。

  People long ago thought that tengu-tsubute were the work of tengu.