Nü Wa Myth - Chinese Myth and Legends
The Chinese has legends the deity that created the whole world was goddess Nu Wa. She is credited not only with the creation of man, but also restoring order between the heavens and earth. She is not only the most humble and caring of all deities but also one of the most important in Chinese mythology. (source)
Nü Wa was described as a mother figure. Before heaven and earth was created, there was only Nü Wa, she who the one who took yellow clay and mud and brought them to life, bringing forth humans and all other living things. It was said that in the beginning, Nü Wa felt lonely and she created chicken on first day, dogs on second day, sheep on third day, pigs on fourth day, cows on fifth day, horses on sixth day, on the seventh day, she began to creat men from the clay, sculpting each one individuall, but she was tired in creating hundreds of human figures, so instead of hand crafting, she dipped a rope in clay and flicked it so blobs of clay landed everywhere. The people Nü Wa created by hand became the rich and powerful people in the world; those she flung as drops from the rope became the poor and the weak.
Upon the time of Han dynasty, Nü Wa was described as a huge snake with woman head and had husband name Fu Xi also a huge snake with man head. By these god and goddess, so the universe was created.
Also Fu Xi and Nu Wa had a son who then became ancestor of Chinese people. According to ancient folks, the land (china near to yellow river) was swept by a great flood and only Fu Xi and his sister Nü Wa survived. They retired to Kunlun Mountain where they prayed for a sign from the Emperor of Heaven. The divine being approved their union and the siblings set about procreating the human race. It was said that in order to speed up the procreation of humans, Fu Xi and Nü Wa found an additional way by using clay to create human figures, and with the power divine being entrusted to them, they made the clay figures to come alive. Fu Xi then came to rule over his descendents although reports of his long reign vary between sources from 115 years (BC 2852–2737) to 116 years (BC 2952–2836).
He lived for 197 years altogether and died at a place called Chen, modern China: Huaiyang at Henan, where his mausoleum can still be found and visited as a tourist attraction.
