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Nüwa or Nügua (simplified Chinese: 女娲; traditional Chinese: 女媧; pinyin: Nǚ wā) is a key goddess in Chinese mythology. She is credited as the mother goddess, the creator of mankind, and is the one who repaired the Pillars of Heaven.[1] She is both the sister and wife of Fuxi, who serves as the emperor-god.[2] Other associations she has are the goddess of wind, the goddess of marriage, the goddess of social order and stability, as well as the "Transformer of Myriad Creatures."[1] She is also known by Wahuang (Chinese: 媧皇; lit. 'Empress Wa').[3] She stands as a unique figure of both spirit and empress.[4]
As creator of mankind, she molded the upper-class individually by hand with yellow clay, and as she grew tired, she instead used a string to pull up the clay faster and form the lower-class.[1]
In the Huainanzi, there is described a great battle between deities that broke the pillars supporting Heaven and caused great devastation. There was great flooding, and Heaven had collapsed. Nüwa was the one who patched the holes in Heaven with five colored stones, and she used the legs of a tortoise to mend the pillars.[1]
There are many instances of her in literature across China which detail her in creation stories, and today remains a figure important to Chinese culture.