Fengxi (mythology)
| Fengxi | |||||||||
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| Chinese | 封狶 | ||||||||
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| Kanji | 封豨 | ||||||||
| Kana | ほうき | ||||||||
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Fengxi (封狶), also known as Hōki in Japanese, is a boar-like monster in Chinese mythology. He is said to have two heads and lives in Morus forests. Some accounts refer to it as the ancient rain deity.
Description
[edit]Fengxi is depicted as a two-head boar with great force. Other depictions have it with four long tusks. He is very brutal and always terrorises the countryside.
According to Huainanzi, Fengxi destroyed a lot of villages and their farming lands while killing many people, which angered the Emperor Yao who sent the great archer Hou Yi to get it hunted in a morus forest.[1]
According to Jiaoshi Yilin and Lüshi Chunqiu, Fengxi is the ancient Chinese rain deity.[2][3] According to Records of the Grand Historian, when Fengxi appears, there will be rain soon.[4]
According to I Ching, as raining (云雨) stands for mating in ancient China, Fengxi might also be the ancient fertility deity.[5]
In popular culture
[edit]A member of the Five Elders in One Piece, St. Topman Warcury, has the ability to turn into a yāoguài-like form that resembles a Fengxi.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ 《淮南子·本經訓》(Huainanzi) 記載：「逮至堯之時，十日並出。焦禾稼，殺草木，而民無所食。猰貐、鑿齒、九嬰、大風、封豨、修蛇，皆為民害。堯乃使羿誅鑿齒於疇華之野，殺九嬰於凶水之上，繳大風於青邱之澤，上射十日，而下殺猰貐，斷修蛇於洞庭，擒封豨於桑林。萬民皆喜，置堯以為天子。」
- ^ 《吕氏春秋》(Lvshi Chunqiu) 记载: 「武王胜殷，立成汤之后于宋，以奉桑林。”高注：“桑山之林，汤所祷也，故所奉也。」
- ^ 《焦氏易林》(Jiaoshi Yilin) 记载: 「封豕为沟渎，灌馈国邑 ... 封豕沟渎，水潦空谷。客止舍宿，泥涂至腹。」
- ^ 《史记》(Shi Ji) 记载: 「奎为封豕，为沟渎。」
- ^ 《易经》(I Ching) 记载: 「上九：见豕负涂，载鬼一车，先张之弧，后说之弧。匪寇昏媾，往，遇雨则吉。」
- ^ Aubrey, Dave (15 March 2024). "This Is What One Piece's Five Elders' Devil Fruits Are Based On". Geek Parade. Retrieved 17 March 2024.