Zenki and Goki refer to an ogre couple which EN no Ozunu (A semi-legendary holy man noted for his practice of mountain asceticism during the second half of the seventh century), a founder of Shugendo (Japanese mountain asceticism-shamanism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts), was accompanied with. |
前鬼・後鬼(ぜんき・ごき)は、修験道の開祖である役小角が従えていたとされる夫婦の鬼。 |