Bà Nữ Oa

Bà Nữ Oa dùng những viên đá ngũ sắc để vá lại bầu trời.

Definition

1. Proper Noun:
   • Goddess Nüwa: A major deity in Chinese mythology, traditionally depicted as a serpent-bodied goddess who created humanity and mended the broken heavens using five-colored stones.

Usage Examples

• Proper Noun:
  • Truyền thuyết kể rằng Bà Nữ Oa đã luyện đá ngũ sắc để vá trời. (Legend says that Goddess Nüwa smelted five-colored stones to mend the sky.)
  • Bà Nữ Oa được coi là vị thần sáng tạo ra loài người. (Goddess Nüwa is considered the creator deity of humankind.)

Advanced Usage

• Cultural Reference: The figure of Nüwa is often invoked in discussions about creation, repair, and cosmic order.
  • Hình tượng Bà Nữ Oa tượng trưng cho sự sáng tạo và kiến tạo. (The image of Goddess Nüwa symbolizes creation and reconstruction.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nữ Oa (Proper Noun): An alternative, shorter form of the name.
  • Nữ Oa bổ túc trời. (Nüwa repaired the heavens.)

Synonyms

• Creator Goddess: A deity responsible for the creation of the world or humanity.
• Divine Repairer: A god or goddess who fixes a cosmic catastrophe.

Related Mythology

• Nüwa and Fuxi: Often depicted together as sibling deities with serpent tails, representing primordial couples and cultural heroes.
• The Mending of the Heavens: The central myth where Nüwa stops a great flood and cosmic collapse by repairing the sky.