Tag: Nüwa

Nu Wa, the god of creation in Chinese mythology. According to legend, Nu Wa created man in a single day with seventy transformations; she made man out of yellow clay modeled on herself, created human society and established the institution of marriage; because the world was collapsing and the earth was sinking, she melted colorful stones to patch up the heavens and chopped off an aoole to set up the four poles, thus leaving behind the myth of Nu Wa patching up the heavens.