Nüwa

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See also: nuwa, ñuwa, Nǚwā, and Nuwa

English

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Etymology

From Mandarin 女媧／女娲 (Nǚwā).

Proper noun

Nüwa

  1. (Chinese mythology) a goddess who repaired heaven and created the Earth
    • 2008, Essential Visual History Of World Mythology‎, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, page 334:
      The first sovereign was Fuxi, the heavenly sovereign, and first ancestor of 100 emperors. His marriage to his sister, Nüwa, balanced yin and yang.

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