Goho Maoson is a tengu-like protective deity venerated at Mount Kurama in Kyoto, regarded within Kurama-dera tradition as one of the manifestations of Sonten, the mountain's guardian spirit. He is associated with the warding off of evil and the purification of malevolent influences, functioning as a fierce protector figure in the syncretic Buddhist-Shinto practices centered on Kurama. Devotional accounts describe him as a guardian who exorcises harmful forces, though such attributions rest on temple tradition rather than independently verified doctrine.