The Serpent of Koshi is a gigantic Japanese serpent with eight heads and eight tails. Each head has two red eyes; the size of the beast was large enough to cover eight hills and valleys. It was so large that trees and other vegetation grew upon its back. The serpent liked to eat young maidens one every year until the eighth year where a the serpent was slain by a knight that lured the serpent to drink rice wine which sent the beast to sleep then the knight cut off the serpents eight heads.