牛ご頭ず馬め頭ず

noun

horse-headed and ox-headed demons in Buddhist hell

Refers to the two demon attendants, Gozu (ox-head) and Mezu (horse-head), who guard the underworld in Buddhist cosmology. Often mentioned together as a pair.

• 地じ獄ごくの門もんには牛ご頭ず馬め頭ずが立たっていると言いわれる。

  It is said that Gozu and Mezu stand at the gates of hell.

• あの二人ふたり組ぐみはまるで牛ご頭ず馬め