Gozu-Tennoh is a fearsome protector deity found in Japanese esoteric Buddhism and his name means "Ox-head Heavenly King". He is a combinatory deity, that is to say he is an amalgamation of many beliefs. He originated in India as a minor tutelary deity who protected the monastery of the Jeta Grove and was associated with pestilence, and his name was Gosirsa Devaraja. As his cult spread it merged with many traditions in Asia. In Tibet, he was known as "Ox-Head Mountain" (Gozusan), when it was transmitted to China, it became merged esoteric Buddhism, Daoism, and Yin-Yang spiritual philosophies, before being transmitted to Japan, where it merged with the local Onmyodo tradition. In Japanese tradition, he was also associated with the legends of another kami of disease called Sominshorai, and th