Fūjin
Fūjin or Futen is the Japanese god of the wind and one of the eldest Shinto gods.
He is portrayed as a terrifying wizardly demon, resembling a red-headed green-skinned humanoid wearing a leopard skin, carrying a large bag of winds on his shoulders.
In Japanese art, the deity is often depicted together with Raijin, the god of lightning, thunder and storms.Myths
According to Kojiki, Fujin was born from Izanami.Depiction
The iconography of Fujin seems to have its origin in the cultural exchanges along the Silk Road. Starting with the Hellenistic period when Greece occupied parts of Central Asia and India, the Greek wind god Boreas became the god Oado in Bactrian Greco-Buddhist art, then a wind deity in China, and finally the Japanese Wind God Fujin.
The wind god kept its symbol, the windbag, and its dishevelled appearance throughout this evolution.
