Character History
Nyva - the Ancient Chinese deity, which is part of the Taoist Pantheon. According to numerous legends, this half-semi-milestone is the ancestor of everything alive on earth.History of character creation
Chinese mythology in the aspect of the hypotheses about the creation of the world is worth a certain mansion. Unlike the legends of other peoples and religions, there is no place for cosmogonical ideas. That is, in China, the subject for the birth of legends was the formation of all living on Earth, but not the universe.
In this aspect, Nyva - the goddess, which personally created people, divided them to class, taught to generate similar, to extract food and even saved humanity from the Great Flood. Such merits made it not only one of the most revered deities in China, but also a symbol of marriage and fertility.
In honor of Nyuva at the beginning of the first month of spring, lush festivals are arranged. It is believed that if the couple agreed on such a day, then this is a good sign, because Nyva and so blessed lovers.
The images of the agencies are archaeologists found on the funeral coffins, monuments and frescoes. According to legends, it not only identifies the beginning and birth, but also escorts the person on the last path. Next to the nude is its brother - Fusi. Both characters hold measuring instruments in their hands, which also symbolizes the creation.
Nyuyva's name in Chinese transcription sounds like "Nude Gua". The first syllable denotes a woman, but the second is close to the concept of "something ulitko". And it is very symbolic. It is believed that creatures that can dump the skin or change the shell, possess the gift of immortality and eternal youth.
Therefore, this mythological character with a snake body, according to legends, not once transformed. In total, she had 70 transformations, and each of the images gave rise to some kind of living beings. Nyuva is an order of magnitude higher than other mythological characters, since 10 deities came out of it.
Image and Biography of Nyuva
Many legends interpret the idea of the universe with some differences. But in all sources, a primary role is given to Nyuva, who created people and taught them to live in love and hurry children.The history of the whole living on the planet wrote a scientist Ying Shao, who lived in about 140-206. Unfortunately, the original writings are lost, however, from the preserved quotes later authors recreated an interesting legend about the goddess of Nyuwe.
When the Earth separated from the sky, the lonely predatee wandered over the world, feeling the incompleteness of this world. Then she slipped to the pond cliff and looked into the reflection. And then it took out a piece of clay out of the water and painted her body with his hands, legs and head.
When she put a figure on Earth, then the clay suddenly came to life, began to laugh and jump. Nyuva joyfully continued this occupation, and the revived little men began to scatter on the ground.
The goddess has already created no one hundred people when she realized that she would not have enough time to populate the whole planet. Then Nyuva sorted Lian and lowered it to the most hidden pond. When clay sticks to the branch, then she sharply pulled it out of the water and shook.
The fleeing lumps also turned into people, only they did not have fun, but shouted. This myth explained the origin of the poor and notable, considering that those whom the goddess touched her hand enjoyed the special situation. And people created in this way, took place among the lower layers of society.
But no matter how much the progenitress works, people are mortals, so their number on the planet has decreased. Then the goddess taught them to multiply so that the human race does not disappear.
So lived Nyva and on, enjoying the view of happy people. But suddenly the great disasters collapsed on Earth. There were holes on the sky, through which the fire broke through. The forests on the planet began to burn, and the earth began to fall. Up jerked underground water.
Two elements united and began to destroy people. But the goddess, seeing how her children suffer, did not remain aside. A snake woman gathered precious stones, melted them and shut down holes, fixing this sky. The consequences of the Lights were still worse. The sky began to fall on the ground. Then Nyva cut off 4 paws from a giant turtle and made a backup of them.
But she did it in a hurry, so he made an error. The slope still remained, because of what rivers in the country now flow to the southwest. Here is such an interesting legend and today alive in legends about the universe.
Another number of myths concerns Nyuva and her brother. According to the most common, they grew in the family of the peasant and helped cultivate the Earth. One day, my father caught and planted into the cage of God of Lightning and Thunderstorm - Laigun, and then went to the market to buy spices and cook to eat.
The children registered the prisoner and brought him the water. In response, Laigun bestowed the seeds and punished them. Brother and sister obeyed - the huge pumpkin rose on the same day. A little later, the shower began, which began to drag the land. This angry lagun was disaster on the planet.
And only Fusi and Nyuva managed to escape. They climbed into this pumpkin, and when the water raised them to the very sky, they pushed the gods to spare the earth. Water kicked, but all people have already died. Moldoval, Fusi offered her sister to get married and continue the human race. Nyva flashes and began to run away. Now in the Chinese tradition of the groom is obliged to catch up with the bride to take her to his wife.
The sister was afraid of the wrath of the gods, because the heap was punished. Then Fusi offered her to light a fire and find out the will of the great things about this. A man asked the gods to give a sign and raise smoke, if they agree to this marriage.
A pillar from smoke rose highly into the sky, and Fusi took his own sister's wife. During the ceremony, Nyuva was very confused, so it was closed with woven herbs. From here, the tradition of the bride should be covered with a fan in front of the bridegroom.
Nyuva in culture
The biography of the ancient Chinese ancestor was adapted in different ways in culture. Nyva is mentioned in books with legends, fairy tales, and also became a character in TV shows and cartoons.
Interesting interpretation of the myth about the creation of China received in the "Printing of the Nyuva Goddess" of Russian authors - Lyudmila Astakhova, Catherine Lynx and Yana Gorshkova. The main heroine of the book - Sasha Xiang - inherits the diary of the Prabauts and turns out to be drawn into the world, which did not suspect. Heavenly diva, Nyuva's height, Flying Daoists - all this is intertwined between the two epochs - the XXI century and ancient China.
In 2016, Anime "The Bogini Nyuva Diary" was published. The main heroine - twenty-year-old Xiao - on his birthday he learns what the root changes her life. Xiao turns out to be the reincarnation of an ancient goddess-aitress. She will have to change the story, say goodbye to friends and go to the far path, which will lead it to the throne.
Interesting Facts
- The Ancient Chinese Nyva became a prototype for the Greek goddess, created the land.
- The description of the myth on the Flood became the source for the emergence of a new legend about the origin of the ocean. So, because of the scorn in the sky, all the waters flowed in one direction and filled with a giant depression, an ocean.
- Nyva made music symbol and companion of love. She gave people tool Sheng, consisting of several tubes.
Bibliography
- 2004 - "Myths of Ancient China"
- 2013 - "Myths and Legends. Goddess Nyuva Lata Sky "
- 2015 - "Printing of the goddess Nyuva"
- 2017 - "Dancing with wolves. Symbolism of fairy tales and myths of the world "