Chinese Myth: Yin and Yang
by Loura John - Central Peel SS (2522)
1. Nuwa (half dragon goddess) was born after pan-gu died. Nuwa created man and woman from mud (known as mud people)
2. Morality
2.1. Good
2.1.1. Bad
2.2. Pan-gu
2.2.1. Yin and Yang
2.3. Nuwa
3. Characters
3.1. Pan-Gu
3.1.1. < Giant dragon who created Earth.
3.2. Nuwa
3.2.1. < Half-dragon goddess who created Humans.
3.3. Yin and Yang
3.3.1. < Contained inside the egg along with chaos.
3.4. Mud-People (Human Beings)
3.4.1. < Made of mud (hence their name), populated the Earth.
4. Archetypes
4.1. Creator: Pan-gu, Nuwa, They both created something. Pan-gu created the earth on his own, and Nuwa created people.
4.2. Earth Mother: Nuwa, she was worshiped, loved, and talked to as family. She created people for mud to do those thing.
5. Native Culture
5.1. Giant Dragon- Pan-gu> Chinese dragons are considered powerful and a symbol in the Chinese culture
5.1.1. Mud people> created by Nuwa> referred as mother of all humans
5.2. Yin and Yang> represents male and female, cold and hot, wet and dry, dark and light. Chinese culture refer to Yin and Yang for life guides
5.2.1. Nuwa>half dragon goddess
5.2.1.1. Pan-gu (giant dragon)
5.2.1.1.1. The egg containing chaos
6. Values
6.1. Family: Nuwa created humans because she wanted other beings to talk and share ideas with, as well as love.
6.2. Creativity: Nuwa sculpted humans out of mud from the mud banks.
6.3. Independence: Pan-gu created Earth by himself.
6.4. Friendship and companionship: Nuwa wanted to have other beings to love, talk to, and share ideas with so she created humans.
7. Settings
7.1. Earth: Was created by the giant dragon Pan-gu. Is populated by the humans that Nuwa created.
8. Main plot points
8.1. Begining - enormous egg- chaos- inside the chaos was yin and yang.
8.2. Pan-gu came out from the egg, pan-gu created the world (river, stars, land)
8.3. Pan-gu died, parts of his body were used to create more. (mountains, skull formed the top of the sky, the hair created flowers & plants.
8.3.1. Bones turned to jade, pearls, and arms and legs. The 4 directions, blood became the rivers, breath turned into the wind, voice to thunder.
8.3.2. One eye became the sun, the other became the moon.