Xiangliu

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() |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