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I need information about chinese creation myths for my schoolo project...please help!!!

2006-10-02 04:07:16 · 6 answers · asked by buddy 2 in Society & Culture Mythology & Folklore

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Pangu (Traditional: 盤古; Simplified: 盘古; pinyin: Pángǔ) was the first living being and the creator of all in Chinese mythology.

In the beginning there was nothing in the universe except a formless chaos. However this chaos began to coalesce into a cosmic egg for eighteen thousand years. Within it, the perfectly opposed principles of yin and yang became balanced and Pangu emerged (or woke up) from the egg. Pangu is usually depicted as a primitive, hairy giant clad in furs. Pangu set about the task of creating the world: he separated Yin from Yang with a swing of his giant axe, creating the Earth (murky Yin) and the Sky (clear Yang). To keep them separated, Pangu stood between them and pushed up the Sky. This task took eighteen thousand years, with each day the sky grew ten feet higher, the Earth ten feet wider, and Pangu ten feet taller. In some versions of the story, Pangu is aided in this task by the four most prominent beasts, namely the Turtle, the Qilin, the Phoenix, and the Dragon.
After the eighteen thousand years had elapsed, Pangu was laid to rest. His breath became the wind; his voice the thunder; left eye the sun and right eye the moon; his body became the mountains and extremes of the world; his blood formed rivers; his muscles the fertile lands; his facial hair the stars and milky way; his fur the bushes and forests; his bones the valuable minerals; his bone marrows sacred diamonds; his sweat fell as rain; and the little creatures on his body carried by the wind became human beings all over the world.

2006-10-02 22:31:38 · answer #1 · answered by Dinner 3 · 0 0

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2006-10-04 17:44:15 · answer #2 · answered by knowhowing 3 · 0 0

Quinack the classic God of Babylonians created this planet, and handed it off to Ea the Sumer/ babylonian go breed. Ninursag became his daughter Ea became the god of awareness, waters, crafts, writing, development, farming, magic, and men's artwork. He ruled over Apsu, the super water. He became everyday because of the fact the "Lord of awareness" and "Lord of Incantations"; despite Ea spoke, grew to become actuality. Ea found out that Tiamat became making plans a conflict of revenge against the gods. His father Anshar tried to spur him into making the 1st attack against Tiamat, yet Ea rebuffed him. whilst Anu's peace venture failed, he urgeed Marduk into action.

2016-10-18 08:41:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

You should visit your local library for it would take days for people to explain that to you. where as going to a public library can explaing that answer to you in a matter of minutes......

2006-10-02 05:21:54 · answer #4 · answered by kilroymaster 7 · 0 0

try monkey god story
he rather famous myths with a lot of movies made about him

2006-10-02 04:29:38 · answer #5 · answered by kimht 6 · 0 0

http://experts.about.com/e/c/ch/Chinese_art.htm#hd1 TRY THIS

2006-10-02 08:26:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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