A look at Genesis - Nüwa molding mankind, the Chinese myth

This myth revolves around Nüwa the half snake half human goddess. She lived isolated from everything in the heights of Mount Kunlun in northwestern China. She created clay figurines and breathed life into them. soon after this chaos erupted, wildfires broke out floods destroyed wildlife, the sky collapse and beasts grew. Nüwa being sympathetic to her non biological offspring came to mankind's aid. She sectioned off the legs of a turtle called Ao (鳌) , she set up dams to stop the rivers from flooding and brought peace and order to human society.  


This is the myth called Genesis - Nüwa molding mankind and It shows Nüwa creating and saving humans. This is a different version of the myth of creation, it explains how humans and animals were made. However this is different from other myths because it doesn't show how the earth and universe was made but only how humans and animals were made. I think that this myth was thought up by the Chinese because humans are similar in shade to clay and their skin and muscles move in a mailable way similar to clay. Of course when this story was first thought up humans knew much less than we know now about the world so it makes sense that they were able to think up a story like this that may seem outlandish to us today. I can connect to this myth because I understand how it feels to create something and then have it destroyed by someone or something else. This compares to other myths we have covered because it is partly rooted in real events but isn't entirely scientifically accurate.


scources- https://theculturetrip.com/asia/china/articles/7-fascinating-chinese-myths-and-legends/

https://mythopedia.com/chinese-mythology/gods/nuwa/

https://www.pearsonhighered.com/assets/samplechapter/0/2/0/5/0205909213.pdf

https://www.ancienthistorylists.com/china-history/top-10-astonishing-ancient-chinese-mythology/





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