Huaxu
deity sky Chinese single tradition · 2
Huaxu is a powerful being who gave birth to a twin brother and sister, Fuxi and Nüwa. Fuxi and Nüwa are said to be creatures that have faces of human and bodies of snakes.
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- God of the heaven, Lei Shen, Pangu
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“among which is a powerful being known as Huaxu (華胥). Huaxu gave birth to a twin brother and sister, Fuxi and Nüwa. Fuxi and Nüwa are said to be creatures that have faces of human and bodies of snakes.”
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“Lot of chinese and East asian literature used the figure as a metaphor for divine intervention or the golden ages. In the veritable records of king Jeongjo in the Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty, one of the officials use the figure as a metaphor. Mengyuanlao, a writer who lived in the Northern Song dynasty”
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