What made Nu Wa?

As far as the image of Nu Wa is concerned, it is basically the image of a goddess of creation, and the completion of Nu Wa's image from "nameless" to "snake body" is closely related to the remodeling of Han Dynasty. In Chu State in the middle and late Warring States period, Nu Wa did not seem to form a relatively fixed external image. More precisely, in people's minds at that time, there was not a universally recognized image of Nu Wa.

The image of Nu Wa, the head of a snake, mostly coexists with the image of Fuxi, the head of a snake. The stone reliefs of Wuliang Temple in Jiaxiang, Shandong belong to the Eastern Han Dynasty. So far, the earliest image of Nuwa may be a silk painting unearthed from the Western Han Tomb in Mawangdui, Changsha, Hunan Province, with a "snake head" statue on it. Guo Moruo and other scholars think it is the image of Nu Wa, but some scholars hold different opinions.

Extended data:

According to the records of Nu Wa in Qin and Han Dynasties, such as Shan Hai Jing, Chu Ci, Shuo Wen Jie Zi, we can see that Nu Wa has transformed into all things and protoss, which is consistent with the view that body organs have transformed into all things (with gods) after the fall of ancient gods in the creation myths of all nationalities in the world. Since the later Pangu myth and other minority creation myths also contained the content of the metaplasia of all things and gods, this affirmation also increased its reliability. Comparing Nu Wa with the ancient creation myths recorded in other countries, in fact, this description indicates the beginning of creation. Before all things, the material God used to create could only be his own body.