 Two stories from the 19th century continue this theme : In the Sōzan Chomon Kishū , a boy is carried off by a tengu and spends three years with the creature . He comes home with a magic gun that never misses a shot . A story from Inaba Province , related by Inoue Enryō , tells of a girl with poor manual dexterity who is suddenly possessed by a tengu . The spirit wishes to rekindle the declining art of swordsmanship in the world . Soon a young samurai appears to whom the tengu has appeared in a dream , and the possessed girl instructs him as an expert swordsman . Some rumors surrounding the ninja indicate that they were also instructed by the tengu . 
