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ScribdTranslationsChinese mythology addresses various themes, in its oral form or
writing, with the creation of the world among them. Most of the
Historians believe that it was at the beginning of the year 1100 BC that it happened.
the beginning of Chinese mythology, initially in oral form, and much later
in written form.
The foundation of Chinese mythology is millennia old, yet it is based on
fundamentally in elements originating from the three main religions
Chinese: Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism. The mixture of
elements of this religious tripod make its legends and myths complex
for those of us who are not familiar with Chinese civilization and
its subtleties.
A large part of the known Chinese myths comes mainly from
three key texts: Shan Hai Jing, Scroll of the Mountain and of
Sea, which describes the myths, magic, religion, and geography of
Ancient China, being one of the first encyclopedias of China; Shui
Jing Zhu, Commentary on the Water Scroll, dealing with
in-depth and rich way about geography, history, and legends
Chinese; and Hei'an Zhuan, Epic of Darkness, it is about a
collection of epic poetry about the legends, preserved by the inhabitants
mountaineers from Hubei.
Chinese literature on creation myths has versions
different for the same event, perhaps due to the religious mix
present. In this text we will work on the most widespread version, both
about the creation of the world as well as the creation of man: the story of
Pan Ku (creation of the world) and Nü Wa (creation of man).
In the beginning there was none
nothing. Just chaos and darkness. The entire universe was a huge egg
black, and inside it were Yin and Yang, opposing forces that coexist
maintaining a delicate balance. Inside this egg there was also,
a third element: a spirit developing in total
silence. It was Pan Ku, who grew along with the egg, becoming
gigantic.
For eighteen thousand years the egg floated, colliding with the three elements that
they were inside. After this time, Pan Ku awakened and
he found himself surrounded by the densest darkness. Furious at the absence of
light stirred inside the egg, jumping and shouting. With a blow
with a vigorous blow of the axe, he broke the egg, separating Yin and Yang,
initiating the creation of the world and breaking the total darkness.
The heaviest and murky, Yang, detached and sank,
transforming into earth. Yin, lighter and ethereal, rose, forming
the sky. Among them was Pan Ku, touching the sky with his head and the earth.
with your feet, preventing them from coming together again, bringing the
darkness returns.
Pan Ku persisted, maintaining
Yin and Yang separated, until one day realized that there was no longer any
darkness and yes the blue of the sky and the brown of the earth. Calm, he lay down
he died. His body shone and began to transform: the eye
the left turned into the sun, illuminating everything around; the right flew towards the
west of the sky and turned the moon, bringing light to the night; its breath
it became the wind, which refreshes; the thunder came from his deep voice. His
the immense body gave rise to the high mountains and the other elevations
of the world; its dense blood formed the rivers and the seas; its
hair and fur flew through the air and gave rise to the forests, to the
bushes and flowers, coloring the earth. From their teeth and bones
precious stones and minerals, such as diamond and the
pearls; your sweat turned into rain, keeping the earth moist; your
muscles the fertile lands; and of the beings that inhabited its body,
Like fleas and bacteria, animals emerged.
Thus the earth was born and from it the goddess Nü Wa was born, who created the
man.
One day the goddess was walking through the fields and observed the mountains
distant, the forests and the animals running across the plains. Everything was
beautiful, yet she felt strangely sad, noticing her
loneliness. The mountains, the birds, and the animals did not understand her,
making her realize that she needed beings like her to
cessation of your loneliness.
With this idea formed, he took mud from the riverbank and shaped it,
forming a small figure, similar to your reflection in the water:
hands, feet, and face similar. When placing the figure on the ground, it gained
life, which left Nü Wa extremely happy. Was no longer
alone. Excited about the success of her first attempt, she set out to
model more and more figures, of both sexes, which he called
humans. They spoke the language of the goddess, with whom they conversed,
they thanked and then scattered.
Girl Wa
continued to model humans, but the world was too vast and
never stopped seeming empty. Already tired, she took a pine cone and
wet with mud, then threw forcefully on the ground. The drops of mud
falls transformed into humans. Thus, the goddess
managed to produce a faster number of humans, repeating the
process thousands of times, until satisfied with the
number of humans produced.
After a period of rest, the goddess decided to check
how the humans were doing and started walking around
world. Surprise noticed that some humans were lying on the
floor, with white and lifeless hair. Worried, she noted that
those were the first he had created. He realized that if
if you wanted to see the populated world you would have to produce humans
indefinitely, or find another solution to your problem.
After having an idea that would definitively solve the problem, he went to the
Temple of Pan Ku. There he asked for permission to be the matchmaker of
humans, receiving permission for the mission. Nü Wa, then,
determined that men and women reproduce with each other, to
to form descendants and keep the land populated. The goddess was the
creator of men and marriage.
Sources:
www.minhachina.com/lendas/arteLendaOrigem.htm
www.brasilescola.com/geografia/formacao-terra-segundo-os-
chineses.htm
www.pt.wikipedia.org
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