Tengu Feather Fan

The myth

The feather fan, hauchiwa, is the tengu's most characteristic object, especially that of the great long-nosed tengu. In tales and theater, a single wave raises gales, puts out fires, fells trees, makes a person fly or even changes the length of the nose of whoever it blows on. Tengu are depicted with this fan in statues at mountain temples and shrines, and it also appears in the hands of deities linked to them, such as Izuna Gongen. At some temples' Setsubun and in kabuki, the fan is the sign that a tengu is on stage.

Why it has this power

An Uncommon equipment that gives a Bird or Spirit monster +700 ATK and DEF. It is the tengu's wind in the right hands: Karasu-tengu, Yatagarasu, Karura and Sōjōbō, the fan's original owner, or any spirit of the archipelago. With it Sōjōbō passes 3500 attack.

Did you know

In a folktale, a clever boy tricks a tengu into trading its cloak of invisibility, the tengu no kakuremino, for an ordinary stick.

Connections

• In Hanae, Wandering Miko's deck
• In Renji, Ronin of the Snowy Roads's deck
• In Master Suzu of Mount Kurama's deck
• In Kaguya, Guardian of the Torii's deck

Where to get it

• Daily Offering: 0.45% per pack (Uncommon 33% per card)
• Welcome Pack: 1.1% per pack (Uncommon 30% per card)
• Traveler's Pack: 0.96% per pack · 5.6% in the themed pack (Uncommon 29% per card)
• Bronze Reliquary: 0.94% per pack · 5.5% in the themed pack (Uncommon 29% per card)
• Silver Reliquary: 0.96% per pack · 5.6% in the themed pack (Uncommon 33% per card)
• Golden Reliquary: 0.94% per pack · 5.5% in the themed pack (Uncommon 35% per card)
• Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 0.98% of days · 400 gold
• Craft with card dust: 100 dust
• Crossing of Myths: Can be offered as a reward during a crossing (the card stays in the crossing deck).

Sources

1. Tengu — Encyclopaedia Britannica — The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2. Japanese Fairy World (Project Gutenberg) — William Elliot Griffis
3. Izuna Gongen — Encyclopedia of Shinto — Kokugakuin University