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Pangu – creator of the world

There is another mythological legend about the creation of the world. It, as well as in the myth of Hundune world originally was a semblance of chicken eggs, but later it emerged pervopredok humanity – Pangu. When Pangu grew up, he fell asleep and slept in this huge egg eighteen thousand years. Woken up, Pangu saw nothing: around was impenetrable darkness, and the human heart onemelo from fear. But his hands feel a “a certain subject. It was nevest where vzyavshiysya ax. Pangu razmahnulsya that it forces and struck the front of each other. Was a deafening roar, as if from the fact that two split mountain. Fixed a world in which the Pangu, was moved. All light and clean immediately rose up and formed the sky, and a heavy fall down and dirty and formed land. Thus the heavens and the earth, representing the beginning of continuous chaos, thanks to shock ax separated from each other. After the Pangu separated heaven from earth, he, fearing that they will once again be connected, upersya feet into the ground and sky podper head. So he stood, changing with them, because every day the sky above became one Zhang, and land – one Zhang thicker, and Pangu grew into one Zhang. It took another eighteen thousand years – rose a very high sky, the earth became very thick, and the body of Pangu also grown extraordinarily. As the highest post, giant Pangu stood between heaven and earth, not allowing them to once again turn into chaos. When Pangu realized that the world is finished, he sighed happily. That sigh born wind and rain. He opened his eyes – and to start the day. But life Pangu was growing, and by ceasing to grow, he should die. His body was light and life. The left eye zasiyal sun, right zablestel moon. The four limbs and five internal body parts were the four sides of light and the five sacred mountains. The blood turned into rivers and streams, veins and veins – in the way that covered the land. Flesh was the ground, and the hair on his head and mustache – vegetation on it. Teeth and bones are turned into gold and precious stones, bone marrow – in pearls and jade, dying sweat, speaking on television Pangu, was the rain and dew. It is necessary to mention one legend, the motives which are embodied in some graphics Pangu – it is sometimes painted with the sun in one hand and the moon in another. By creating the universe, Pangu allegedly arranged incorrectly sun and moon, who also fled to the sea and the land was plunged into darkness. Then Pangu outlined in the left hand hieroglyph «sun», on the right – «moon». Vytyanuv forward left hand, he called himself to the sun, then stretched the right and called the moon. So he repeated seven times, after which the sun and moon, day and were divided one by one to cover the ground.

Category Great Legends

Сентябрь 2010
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