A large mountain path that the tengu protects

Once upon a time, people went to Oyama in Sagami, which is said to be a rainy mountain.
The people of Musashi Country also passed the Kotsubo Road and Hinokawa Road, entered the Oyama Road from Fudozaka at Tozuka's inn on the Tokaido, and went to the rainy mountain to begging for rain.
And on the way back, it was said that if you say a word, it would rain on the way, and the effect of praying for rain would be lost.
At one point, the party of Musashi Country was
"Let it rain so that the crops grow well."
It's the way back to the rainy mountain. The sun went down, and the area was dark.
Eventually, I could see the light of the nightlight that my grandmother at the pass always lit.
"Oh, thank you. I've come back here without getting lost."
And they nodded each other because they couldn't speak to each other.
One who was hungry and hungry
`There must have been a manji yuya near here.'
I don't think
"Manju!"
I said it.
Everyone was surprised, but they walked silently as if they didn't hear anything. But my heart is not calm.
〈Improvely come back so far, and begging for rain may be a bubble of water. What should I do if the crop dies again this year? If it rains, what shall he give me?"
`I did something that could not be returned,'
And he is also obsolete.
Then it began to rain with Poturi, Poturi, and Zai. I can't see the lights of the nightlight anymore, and I can't understand the way.
`I wish I could not see him,'
And they all came close to me.
At that time, a suit and something came in.
And the figure walking at the top like a guide will be seen in the rain. Isn't it a large tengu with a big nose and high, a red face, a single tooth clogs, a large tengu dressed in Yamabushi, and a small tengu with a bird beak?
As everyone followed the tengu, it rained and returned home safely.
"The tengu on the mountain path helped me. Otengu and Kotengu always protect me on the mountain path."
And the villagers were able to live with peace of mind.

It is a story recorded in "Old Story of Hometown Konan 50 Episode".
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