Xiangliu
Mythological nine-headed Chinese serpent / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Liu Xiang.
For the moon of the dwarf planet Gonggong, see Xiangliu (moon).
Xiangliu (/ʃæŋ.ljuː/), known in the Classic of Mountains and Seas as Xiangyao (/ʃæŋ.jaʊ/),[1] is a venomous nine-headed snake monster that brings floods and destruction in Chinese mythology.
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Chinese | 相柳 (相栁) | ||||||||||
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Chinese | 相繇 | ||||||||||
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Vietnamese alphabet | Tương Liễu, Tương Lưu? | ||||||||||
Hán-Nôm | 相柳 | ||||||||||
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Hangul | 상류 | ||||||||||
Hanja | 相柳 | ||||||||||
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Kanji | 相柳 | ||||||||||
Hiragana | そうりゅう | ||||||||||
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Xiangliu may be depicted with his body coiled on itself. The nine heads are arranged differently in different representations. Modern depictions resemble the hydra with each head on a separate neck.[2] Older wood-cuts show the heads clustered on a single neck, either side-by-side or in a stack three high, facing three directions.