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Nyuyva and her brother Fusi
Fusi and Nyuyva like ancestors of the people are also in the more ancient myth, where they are more likely polubogami, which are relevant «a» appearance.
When the universe was just created, Nyuyva lived with his brother (means Fusi) in the Kunlun Mountains. They decided to become husband and wife, but ustydilis. Then brother […]
Children fleeing the flood
Nyuyva name belonged not only to the queen, but the legendary girl who, along with his brother Fusi (it also should be distinguished from the same deity) escaped death during the Flood. People of South-West China, Yao and Miao preserved for posterity a story about them. Here’s the story.
One summer, the sky was covered […]
Nyuyva saves the world from destruction
Nyuyva then lived for a time, not knowing cares. But the ground covered the great disaster. In some places, hit the sky, and through the huge black hole prosochilsya heat, and fire wood. This failure has created, through which fled groundwater. Forgetting for the time enmity, water and fire together, to destroy people.
Goddess Nyuyva lepit people out of clay
Earth but already separated from the sky. Upwards ascended the holy mountain. On the seas flowed a river. The forests and steppes are filled with animals, and the river - fish. Birds soared above the meadows. But peace has not yet been completed: there were no people.
One ancestress Nyuyva - the goddess of snakes […]
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, […]
Hundun - the embodiment of primeval chaos
Drevnekitayskoy In mythology, there is a Hundun, embodies the idea of undifferentiated chaos, the former before the Universe has found to exist. This image of the primitive egg or a bag, which enables the splitting of its earlier content nerazdelennomu take the form of an organized universe. Hundun or Chaos did not have the […]
Lines of the Dragon
There was a belief that the landscape crossed «drakonovymi linyami», or veins of land.
Before you build a house or choose a location for the burial, people turned for advice to geomantu in order to make sure that the selected location does not hinder the movement of natural forces, extending along the dragon will not […]
Mythical animals
In the Chinese tradition of dragon, the most important of the mythological creatures. In contrast to Western perceptions Chinese dragon - which is the essence of people, but has a sharp temperament. He represents youth and the male principle Yang. Since the Han dynasty, the dragon was considered a symbol of the emperor. Phoenix […]
Silk Road and the Great Wall of China
centuries, silk and spices were the most prominent items of Chinese exports. In China, silk is produced and already in 1200 BC Even today the country remains the largest producer of silk. Here’s how the myth tells of the origin of its production.
Myths about the water
Throughout Chinese history, people selilos along major rivers the Yangtze and the Yellow River, although it knew that the water is oroshala their fields and provide crop could deprive them of their lives and homes. The motif is present in many flood myths throughout the world, but in ancient Chinese mythology, it has acquired […]
Appeal for help to the arrow I
Desperate Ditszyun caused great arrows and, handed him a red bow and quiver with white arrows. «You want me to restore order in the land - molvil Ditszyun, ukroti my sons and kill wild creatures». Arrows and agreed to help and to go along with his young wife Chane. Rifleman understanding that the threat […]
Mythological tales
need to explain the phenomena of nature and the events of history, to determine the meaning of life was born in human society since its inception. Answers to the questions as the world was formed and what place we occupy in it, we find in the myths. They also reflect the various social systems […]