page_title: Gonggong
hierarchical_section_title: Gonggong
caption_attribution_description: "Zhuyin" (燭陰, a giant red draconic solar deity in Chinese mythology) from the Shan Hai Jing (山海经, Chinese picture)
context_page_description: Gonggong is a Chinese water god who is depicted in Chinese mythology and folktales as having a copper human head with an iron forehead, red hair, and the body of a serpent or a human head and torso with the tail of a serpent. He is destructive and is blamed for various cosmic catastrophes. In all accounts, Gonggong ends up being killed or sent into exile, usually after losing a struggle with another major deity such as the fire god Zhurong.
  In astronomy, the planetoid 225088 Gonggong is named after Gonggong.
context_section_description: Gonggong /ˈɡɒŋɡɒŋ/ is a Chinese water god who is depicted in Chinese mythology and folktales as having a copper human head with an iron forehead, red hair, and the body of a serpent or a human head and torso with the tail of a serpent. He is destructive and is blamed for various cosmic catastrophes. In all accounts, Gonggong ends up being killed or sent into exile, usually after losing a struggle with another major deity such as the fire god Zhurong.
  In astronomy, the planetoid 225088 Gonggong is named after Gonggong.
caption: A human-headed serpent similar to depictions of Gonggong. Some images of Gonggong depict the torso as also human.
  (See 'external links' below for a © illustration of the actual Gonggong.)
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