Nüwa

See also: nuwa, ñuwa, Nǚwā, and Nuwa

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 女媧／女娲 (Nǚwā).

Proper noun

Nüwa

1. (Chinese mythology) a goddess who repaired heaven and created the Earth
   • 2008, Essential Visual History Of World Mythology‎^[1], National Geographic Society, →ISBN, page 334:

     The first sovereign was Fuxi, the heavenly sovereign, and first ancestor of 100 emperors. His marriage to his sister, Nüwa, balanced yin and yang.

Translations

creator

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 女媧／女娲 (zh) (Nǚwā)

• Georgian: ნიუვა (niuva)
• Japanese: 女媧 (じょか, Joka)
• Korean: 여와 (Yeowa)
• Russian: Нюйва (Njujva)
• Thai: หนึ่งออ
• Vietnamese: Nữ Oa