Kaliya

In actual mythology the river serpent Kaliya with three cobra heads that surround one human head who lived in the Yamunā river, in Vṛndāvana which, for four leagues (21120 yds), all around boiled and bubbled with poison.
Classic: Fantasy Bestiary modifies this significantly. It gives him 5-heads each of which a has a different venom but changes the water to a 20 yards radius and burning like fire.
==Comment==
The five heads and five different poisons don't seem to fit the myths and makes one wonder if Kaliya was being used as a weak version of D&D Tiamat.
==Additional Information==
*[Story of Kaliya the snake http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5787567.cms]
*[https://sites.asiasociety.org/education/AsianArt/slideshow6.htm Krishna Dancing on Kaliya (statue)
Category:Myth