Xiangyao en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- shyäng′you′
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 相繇 (Xiāngyáo).
Meanings
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(Chinese) Synonym of Xiangliu, a monster.
He fought against a vassal of Kung Kung called Hsiang-yao, a serpent-bodied creature with nine heads, whose pastureland was nine mountains and whose vomit formed evil springs and marshes.
[1968, Anthony Christie, “The Useful Arts”, in Chinese Mythology, The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, →OCLC, page 88, column 2: