Nüwa
Chinese · deity · primordial · deity
Serpent-bodied creator goddess who made humanity and mended the sky.
Domains
- creation
- fertility
Powers
- Fashion humans from yellow clay
- Repair the broken sky
Epithets
- 媧皇
- 女媧氏
Relations
Sources
- Huainanzi, 2nd c. BCE
- Ying Shao, Fengsu Tongyi, 2nd c. CE