He Bo, brother of the moon goddess Heng O, is from the Chinese folklore and is the god of the Yellow River.
He wasn't always He Bo however. Long ago he was originally called Feng Yi. Fen...
Feng Yi used to live beside the Yellow River and on one day he could see the waters rising.
He knew that soon his village would be washed away by the mighty currents, so in an effort to appease the river, he tied rocks to himself and threw himself into its depths.
The river was more than appeased, and turned Feng Yi into the god He Bo.
However, this act led to the ritual of sacrificing a young girl by throwing her into the river as a bride of He Bo (this lasted until the end of the Zhou dynasty in 256 BCE)...
Now He Bo rules over the Yellow River with wisdom and humility, always ready to turn away his enemies with the might of the river behind him...
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