Norse
Ymir
first giant, raw material of the world
Nǚwā
Chinese tradition. See the whole pantheon.
- Domains
- creation of humans, repair of the sky
- Symbols and attributes
- Compass; serpent tail
- Partner
- Fúxī
Key myth
In the Huainanzi, when the sky collapsed she melted five-coloured stones to mend it and cut off a giant turtle's legs to prop up the four corners. Another tradition has her moulding people from clay.
Place in the family graph
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Elsewhere in the world
Deities in other traditions who share a theme with Nǚwā: creation and first beings, earth, harvest and fertility. This is overlap in one area only.