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The purpose of this paper is to examine the aspects of Tenjin(天神) in “Kitano Tenjin Engi(北野天神縁起)” by focusing on a divine message and a profit scene. In a divine message scene of “Kitano Tenjin Engi”, Tenjin(Michizane) showed an aspects as (1)vindictive spirit, (2)vindictive spiritㆍgod of the mercy, (3)god that clarifies reward and punishment. Tenjin also showed an aspects as (1)household gods of regents and the chief adviser to the Emperor(摂関家), (2)Temmano Dajizai Tenjin(天満大自在天神), (3)god of the poetry sentence, (4)guardian deity of the basis of the Empire, (5)god that clears himself from innocence, (6)representative of god ㆍgod that take away his disgrace, (7)vindictive spirit in a profit scene. Tenjin accomplishes various changes in a divine message and a profit scene of “Kitano Tenjin Engi”. In particular, Tenjin showed power of god as the “Archery” ㆍ “Temmano Dajizai Tenjin”ㆍvindictive spiritㆍ“Dajouitokuten(大政威徳天)” in the text, while keeping as for the aspects of the “Temmano Dajizai Tenjin”ㆍvindictive spirit, and it transforms as an object of faith for this world profit in the function and role to more concretely in a divine message and a profit scene.