Gonggong

Serpent-bodied water god whose rage broke Mount Buzhou and tilted the heavens.

Domains

• water
• floods

Powers

• Topple the heaven-pillar Mount Buzhou
• Unleash catastrophic floodwaters

Epithets

• 共工
• 康回

Relations

• enemy: Zhurong
• descendant of: Zhurong

Sources

• Huainanzi, Tianwen chapter, 2nd c. BCE
• Shanhaijing (Classic of Mountains and Seas), c. 4th c. BCE–2nd c. CE