Gods & Deities ยท China
Nuwa
The Chinese creator goddess who shapes humanity, repairs heaven, and appears with serpent-bodied imagery.
Legend File
Nuwa is creation as repair. She is remembered as a maker of humans, a patroness of marriage or matchmakers, and the power who mends the damaged sky when cosmic order breaks. Her serpent-bodied imagery links making, joining, and restoration: the world survives because a goddess knows how to patch heaven itself.
Source Framing
Chinese mythology around Nuwa/Nu Gua as creator and patroness of matchmakers, with serpent-bodied imagery, Fuxi pairings in later art, and heaven-mending traditions kept distinct by source and period.
