Pan-Gu: According To Chinese Mythology

According to Chinese mythology, Pan-gu was primordial being born from the cosmic egg and grew 10 feet every day for 18,000 years (Lindemans). After he was hatched, the upper part of the egg became Heaven and the lower part became Earth, which is also known as the Yang and the Yin (Lindemans). Pan-gu’s his eyes became the sun and the moon, his head the four holy mountains, his blood the oceans and rivers, his hair the trees and grass, his breath the wind, his perspiration the rain, his voice the thunder, and the insects on his skin became the human race (Lindemans). This myth has great similarity to the Hindu creator god, Brahman, who “sprang from the cosmic golden egg” and created good and evil, and light and dark; additionally, he created the gods, demons, ancestors, and men (Cartwright). …show more content…
Raven was not responsible for creating man, however, the result of his adventures drove the people of that time into the forest to escape the light, and the people turned into the animals known today (Bastian and Mitchell). Also, in another comparison, according to Egyptian mythology, Atum, also known as Ra, alighted from the primordial mound that emerged from the depths of the silent water, and looked upon the lonely landscape of nothingness, and decided to created Shu, the god of air, and Tefnu, the goddess of moisture (Mark) via the silent water. Through Shu, the principle of life was created and through Tefnu, the principle of order was made