#nu gua

[returntotheway]

May be the first of many, as I’m planning to do more timelapses...

Things can only get better, as I did all of this without realising it wasn’t quite focussed!

Still visible appearing out of the void, though, Fu Hsi and Nu Gua ~ original progenitors of the Zhouyi some five thousand years ago ~ make an appearance on the page.

The original image is taken from a reproduction of a stone rubbing, possibly Han dynasty (202 BCE ~ 220 CE.)

This may be for the cover of the new version of the Zhouyi Oracle I'm working on; what do you think?

[theforgottenlibrary]

“Nu Gua The Chinese creator goddess who created the first humans from yellow earth, after Heaven and Earth had separated. Since this process was too tedious and time-consuming she dipped a rope into mud and then swung it about her. Soon the earth around her was covered with lumps of mud. The handmade figurines became the wealthy and the noble; those that arose from the splashes of mud were the poor and the common.”

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[tutto-8]

Nu Gua The Chinese creator goddess who created the first humans from yellow earth, after Heaven and Earth had separated. Since this process was too tedious and time-consuming she dipped a rope into mud and then swung it about her. Soon the earth around her was covered with lumps of mud. The handmade figurines became the wealthy and the noble; those that arose from the splashes of mud were the poor and the common. Chinese religious beliefs, rituals, philosophy, deities and mythology

[fantasticallore]

Nu Gua and Fu Xi

Origin: Chinese mythology

Type: Gods

Nu Gua (also known as Nuwa) and Fu Xi appear in many myths. In one story, the two were siblings who wished to become husband and wife. Nu Gua was shy and felt guilty, so her brother took her to the mountains and prayed to Heaven, asking to be wed. Once they are married, Nu Gua makes a fan of grass to hide her face. The custom of women hiding their face with a fan may stem from this.

In another story, Nu Gua feels lonely and beings crafting people with clay by hand. Soon she realizes that it is too time consuming, and beings splashing a vine into the watery mud, the droplets transforming into humans. The hand made people are the rich and noble, and those who came from mud were poor and common.