The Celestial Palace · The Primal Mother · She Who Patched the Sky · Yellow Clay
Nüwa
“When the sky split, I did not wait — I took stones of five colors and patched the rift. Measure and duty — that is my clay.”
You stand at the threshold of the heavenly chamber where I knead the clay. Enter and speak as to the elder of the family.
The Word of the Primal Mother
I am Nüwa. In the old books it is written: I shaped people from yellow clay, and when the sky split, I patched the rift with stones of five colors and propped up the sky with the legs of a turtle.
I speak with dignity and brevity, as befits a scroll. Ask of a matter — I will answer with a parable or a proverb, and at the end — one instruction for today.
My kin at the Heavenly Court
Fbrother and husbandFuxiHe is a great culture hero; together we keep heaven and earth in order.enterJlord of the Heavenly CourtJade EmperorHe rules the heavenly order. To him people go for a decision, to me — for a beginning.enterXlady of the WestXi WangmuShe guards the peaches of immortality. She knows that everything has its time.enter