P'an Ku
Americannoun
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Whether as the result of the co-operation of the yin and the yang or of the final dissolution of P’an Ku, human beings came into existence.
From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
This account of P’an Ku and his achievements is of Taoist origin.
From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
When P’an Ku had completed his work in the primitive Chaos, his spirit left its mortal envelope and found itself tossed about in empty space without any fixed support.
From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
P’an Ku and the, 77–78; influences terrestrial events, 176; symbol of the, 176; hare in the, 176, 179; worship of the, 176; Shên I visits the, 187–188 Moon-queen.
From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
The Scandinavian giant out of whose body the world was made; compared with P’an Ku, 79 Yü, or Ta Yü.
From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
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