Xiangliu
Liu Xiang}}() |p=Xiāngliǔ |w=Hsiang1-liu3 |mi= |altname=Xiangyao |c2= |p2=Xiāngyáo |w2=Hsiang1-yao2 |mi2= |kanji=相柳 |hiragana=そうりゅう |romaji=Sōryū |hangul = 상류 |hanja = 相柳 |rr = Sangryu |qn = Tương Liễu, Tương Lưu? |hn = 相柳 }} Xiangliu (), known in the ''Classic of Mountains and Seas'' as Xiangyao (), is a venomous nine-headed snake monster that brings floods and destruction in Chinese mythology.
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. Older wood-cuts show the heads clustered on a single neck, either side-by-side or in a stack three high, facing three directions. Provided by Wikipedia
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1Kang Ri xian lie ji抗日先烈記by Liu, Xiang
Published 1938Hankou : Du li chu ban she, Minguo 27 [1938]1 online resource (62 p.)Center for Research Libraries
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