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| - Gong Gong (Chinese: 共工) is a Chinese water god or sea monster, said to resemble a serpent or dragon. He is said to be responsible for the great floods together with his associate, Xiang Yao (Chinese: 相繇), who has nine heads and the body of a snake.
- Depending on the tale, Gong Gong (共工) is either a terrible monster or an irresponsible water god in Chinese mythology. As a monster, Gong Gong is a black dragon attended by Xiang Yao, and the sworn enemy of the Emperor Yao. He impaled Mount Buzhou on his horn, tearing a hole in the sky and disturbing the course of the sun. Gong Gong is thus responsible for any irregularities of weather or light.
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| - Depending on the tale, Gong Gong (共工) is either a terrible monster or an irresponsible water god in Chinese mythology. As a monster, Gong Gong is a black dragon attended by Xiang Yao, and the sworn enemy of the Emperor Yao. He impaled Mount Buzhou on his horn, tearing a hole in the sky and disturbing the course of the sun. Gong Gong is thus responsible for any irregularities of weather or light. As a water god, Gong Gong decided to fight Zhù Róng to determine which of them is more powerful. After several days, they fell out of heaven, and Gong Gong had lost. Humiliated, he attempted to kill himself by running headfirst into Mount Buzhou. A huge chunk fell off, tearing a hole in the sky and causing cracks in the earth. Water came gushing out, nearly covering the earth; fire came roaring out, and those areas that were not drowned were burnt. Nǚwā patched the sky, but when Gong Gong ran into the mountain, he accidentally tilted the heavens northwest. Gong Gong is thus responsible for the fact that all the rivers in China flow east.
- Gong Gong (Chinese: 共工) is a Chinese water god or sea monster, said to resemble a serpent or dragon. He is said to be responsible for the great floods together with his associate, Xiang Yao (Chinese: 相繇), who has nine heads and the body of a snake. In Chinese mythology, Gong Gong was ashamed that he lost the fight with Zhu Rong, the Chinese god of fire, to claim the throne of Heaven and in a fit of rage he smashed his head against Buzhou Mountain (不周山), a pillar holding up the sky. The pillar suffered great damage and caused the sky to tilt towards the northwest and the earth to shift to the southeast. This also created the tilt of the earth. This caused great floods and suffering to the people. Nüwa (女媧), an important and benevolent goddess, cut off the legs of the giant turtle Ao then used them to supplant the fallen pillar and alleviate the situation. She was unable to fully correct the tilted sky which is said to explain the phenomenon that the sun, moon, and stars move towards the northwest, and that rivers in China flow southeast into the Pacific Ocean.
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