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Noyva inhabits the universe

Once a goddess Nyuyna – half woman, half snake (and sometimes a dragon). She owned the art to change its appearance. Once, traveling on the newly created world, she decided that, despite the many beautiful and wonderful things, it is deserted. Nyuyva toskovala society without such a creature, with whom she could talk and laugh. The goddess came to the river and sat on the shore, looking at his reflection. Thinking about loneliness, Nyuyva left hand into the water, pulled from the bottom of the river a little bit of liquid clay and blind from the small figure, only instead of snake’s tail, which was her, made her feet, that figure could stand.
The first human beings Goddess has a small creature on earth, it is immediately ozhilo, was to laugh and jump around. Nyuyva was very happy with the result of his life and decided naselit world of these fascinating men. She labored deep into the night and the next day to resume work. But soon realized how much needed labor force and to give the whole world people. Nyuyva decided to use his supernatural powers. It took vinogradnuyu vine, plunged into the clay and began to rotate it into the air. Drops of clay with vines fell to the ground and turned into people. They say that those who slepila Nyuyva itself, have become rich, and they have received from drops clay – ordinary working people. Nyuyva make sure that people have had the opportunity to reproduce again.
The death Gunguna
Once a deity of water in the deity of fire Gungun Chzhuzhun decided to fight to see who is the mightier. After several days of fierce battles in the heat of which both fell from the sky, Gungun was defeated. From the shame he has decided to commit suicide, hit on the Mount Buchzhou supporting the sky. Mount of ulara split. In the sky, a rough hole and the ground covered with cracks, who has through the fire and poured water zatopivshaya land. Those who escaped death in the water, lost their crops and houses in flames.
Nyuyva saves the world Nyuyva who lives, could not come to terms with their suffering and the beginning of direct order. Измельчив and melts made at the bank of the river colorful stones, she was able to fix the damage caused to the sky. That they will not be shaken again, Nyuyva kill giant turtle and cut her legs, podperla of the sky with four sides. So the goddess has restored the world order and give people the opportunity to peacefully go about their business.
But a clash with Mount Gunguna caused heavy damage to the sky: he bent down to the north-west, leaving open space from the south-east, so all the major rivers of China potekli to the east, giving its ocean waters. In addition, there are many myths about the sky that reflect a deep interest in Chinese astronomy and planetary motion.

Category Mythology

Сентябрь 2010
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