Nüwa
여와
ChineseChinese Mythology
"Creator Goddess, Repairer of Heaven"
✦ Personality Traits
✦ About
Nüwa is the creator goddess who shaped humanity from yellow clay, giving life to the first humans. When the pillar of heaven collapsed and the world fell into chaos, she melted five-colored stones to mend the sky and cut the legs from a giant tortoise to prop up the heavens.
Depicted with a human head and serpent body, she represents the primordial creative force that shaped existence. She is the mother of all humanity, whose compassion led her to repair creation when it threatened to collapse.
Nüwa represents divine feminine creation, the nurturing care that maintains the world, and the power to restore order from chaos.
✦ Famous Story
When the pillar of heaven cracked and fire and flood ravaged the earth, Nüwa gathered stones of five colors and melted them to patch the sky. She killed a great tortoise and used its legs as new pillars, then burned reeds to dam the floods. Order was restored.
✦ If You Match
Your features carry the creative power of Nüwa. There is motherly restoration in your appearance—the look of one who creates life and repairs what is broken.
