A tree spirit from Chinese folklore, the Penghou was first recorded in manuscripts dating way back to the 3rd century. These early writings say Lu Ching Shu, the First Ruler of Wu, decided to dispatch a man to cut down a gigantic camphor tree. After only several strikes of the axe, blood flowed from the trunk.

When the camphor tree fell, a creature with the face of a man and the body of a dog appeared. The woodcutter, apparently hungry from all that tree-chopping, steamed the Penghou and ate it in its entirety, noting that the flavour was similar to dog meat. Clearly, this woodcutter made a habit from eating canines - but to eat a mythical dog-like tree-spirit still seems wrong.