Chinese Myth:Pan Gu Opening of Heaven and Earth

Pan Gu, the god of creation in Chinese mythology.

A long, long time ago, the world was first just a void, without any matter, without time, without space, shaped like a giant ellipsoidal egg, with the heavens and the earth not yet separated.

This world gave birth to Pan Gu, who slept in it for a full 18,000 years.

When Pan Gu woke up from his sleep, he used a big axe to split the void into two halves, half of which rose up to become the sky and half of which sank down to become the earth, and he used his own body to act as a pillar to support the sky and the earth.

When heaven and earth had ceased to merge and Pan Gu had accomplished his mission, he collapsed from exhaustion. All parts of his body became various natural things; his breath, wind and clouds; his voice, thunder; his eyes, sun and moon; his blood, rivers; his sweat, rain.