Fengbo (deity)

Fengbo, also known as Fengshi, is the Taoist deity of the wind.
In ancient times he was depicted as a grotesque deity with the body of a deer, the head of a bird, horns, the tail of a snake and the patterns of a leopard. In the Ming dynasty he was on old man with a white beard carrying a fan and known as Count of the Wind (Fengbo Fang tianjun 風伯方天君).The Encyclopedia of Taoism by Fabrizio Pregadion
In the Han Feizi (韓非子) or book of master Han Fei, when Huangdi the Yellow Emperor gathers all the demons at Mount Tai Fengbo sweeps the path.Liao, W. K. (1939). The Complete Works of Han Fei Tzu. London: Arthur Probsthain.Handbook of Chinese mythology by Lihui Yang OUP 
According to the Shiji records of the Historian, temples and festivals in honour of Fengbo show that from early times he was an object of state ritual.Records of the Historian tranlslated by Watson 1968
==See also==
* Chinese mythology
* Lei Gong
* Yu Shi
==References==
Category:Chinese gods