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Myths Retold THE CREATION OF HUMANKIND BY THE GODDESS WOMAN GUA THE PAN GU CREATION myth relates one of three versions of the myth of the creation of humankind . A second relates that out of primeval vapour two gods formed and divided ...
Myths Retold THE CREATION OF HUMANKIND BY THE GODDESS WOMAN GUA THE PAN GU CREATION myth relates one of three versions of the myth of the creation of humankind . A second relates that out of primeval vapour two gods formed and divided ...
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Woman Gua and Pan Gu in creation myth , Yi the Archer in the world catastrophe of fire , and Yu in the flood myth symbolise order out of chaos , and they are archetypal saviour figures . The mothers of the suns and the moons , Xi He and ...
Woman Gua and Pan Gu in creation myth , Yi the Archer in the world catastrophe of fire , and Yu in the flood myth symbolise order out of chaos , and they are archetypal saviour figures . The mothers of the suns and the moons , Xi He and ...
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Soon an old woman noticed the board and decided it would make a good food dish . So she took it home and put salmon in it for her dinner . Imagine her surprise when the salmon disappeared so quickly she hardly got a bite to eat .
Soon an old woman noticed the board and decided it would make a good food dish . So she took it home and put salmon in it for her dinner . Imagine her surprise when the salmon disappeared so quickly she hardly got a bite to eat .
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