Nuwa was especially badarse; she is credited in Chinese folklore as one of the original Three Sovereign rulers, and her accomplishments include creating humans, single-handedly repairing the Wall of Heaven, and orchestrating the downfall of the Shang Dynasty because she thought King Zhou was a sleazebag.
A snake woman. I find it interesting that almost every major ancient civilization had their own female half-serpent myth, usually in the form of a deity or royal figure (Echidna and Delphyne, Nagi, Lamia, Nuwa, Wadjet, White Snake, Moura...).
Nuwa was especially badarse; she is credited in Chinese folklore as one of the original Three Sovereign rulers, and her accomplishments include creating humans, single-handedly repairing the Wall of Heaven, and orchestrating the downfall of the Shang Dynasty because she thought King Zhou was a sleazebag.
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:P Silly Husband, it was the *Greeks* who ripped off FF for their snake woman myth.
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