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

spouse: Fuxi
sibling: Fuxi

Sources

Huainanzi, 2nd c. BCE
Ying Shao, Fengsu Tongyi, 2nd c. CE

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