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Gonggong (minor-planet designation: 225088 Gonggong) is a dwarf planet and a member of the scattered disc beyond Neptune.It has a highly eccentric and inclined orbit during which it ranges from 34–101 astronomical units (5.1–15.1 billion kilometers; 3.2–9.4 billion miles) from the Sun.
Gonggong (/ ˈ ɡ ɒ ŋ ɡ ɒ ŋ /) 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 sometimes the head and torso are human, with the tail of a serpent.
The name Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà is from the Juǀʼhoansi people of Namibia.Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà is the beautiful aardvark girl of Juǀʼhoan mythology, who sometimes appears in the stories of other San peoples as a python girl or elephant girl; she defends her people and punishes wrongdoers using gǁámígǁàmì spines, [18] a rain-cloud full of hail, and her magical oryx horn. [4]
Huandou (驩兜; Huāndōu; 'happy helmet', a.k.a. 驩頭, 讙頭; Huāntóu; 'happy head' [3]), a chimeric minister and/or nation from the south who conspired with Gonggong against Emperor Yao [4] Gun ( 鯀 ; Gǔn ; 'big fish'), [ a ] [ 7 ] whose poorly built dam released a destructive flood and whose son was Yu the Great ;
However, in one myth, Zhurong was interested in physical power and fought against Gonggong for days in a contest to see who was stronger. [8] According to the Classic of Mountains and Seas, Gonggong is a descendant of Zhurong. [9] This raises suspicions that Haineijing(海內經)'s record was distorted in the Han dynasty for Chinese political ...
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When Gonggong received orders to punish people with floods, Xiangliu was proud to contribute to their troubles. [3] Eventually, Xiangliu was killed, in some versions of the story by Yu the Great , whose other labors included ending the Great Flood of China , in others by Nüwa after he was defeated by Zhurong .