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Gong
Gong (Chinese:
共工) is a Chinese
water god who is 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 to claim the throne of Heaven and in a fit of rage he
smashed his head against Mount Buzhou (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 caused great floods and suffering to the people.
Nüwa
(女媧), an
important and benevolent goddess, cut off the legs of a giant
tortoise and used them to supplant the fallen pillar and
alleviate the situation, but she was unable to fully correct the
tilted sky. This explains the phenomenon that sun, moon, and stars
move towards the northwest, and that rivers in
China flow southeast into the Pacific
Ocean.
司马贞《补三皇本纪》里的说法，共工不是跟颛顼打，而跟祝融打。祝融是火神，他的世系，一说属炎帝；一说属黄帝，而且就是共工的父亲。
Zhu Rong
by Micha F. Lindemans
In Chinese mythology, Zhu Rong is the god of fire
and the ruler of the southern hemisphere. He is the father
of Gong Gong, a demon that causes floods. Zhu Rong helped to
separate the heaven and the earth. He rides a tiger. He is also
simply referred to as Li.
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