Nu Wa, Mother of Creation

Nu Wa, ancient Chinese goddess, made a miniature sculpture of herself to place upon the Earth amidst her other creations, the mountains and trees. The tiny sculpture came to life and called Nu Wa "Mother." Nu Wa quickly made more of the tiny lifeforms, taking care to create an equal number of males and females so they could create more of their own kind. . . and so the Mother of creation also become known as the goddess of marriage and matchmaking. She is shown here with miniature snail shells decorating her hair. According to the children's book Goddess A World of Myth and Magic by Burleigh Muten, Nu Wa's sacred animal is the snail. I can only guess for now, but I imagine the spiral of the snail's shell endears this animal to the Mother of Creation.

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