Out of the mists of the brand new world came the goddess Nüwa. She was as tall as the mountains, with eyes that shone like stars. Nüwa had no legs – instead her body ended in a magnificent snake tail. Her tail, covered in colorful scales, glittered and shimmered under the sun....

*note:this story is in English! To see the Mandarin version, click here: https://youtu.be/Qsaeg8pzx6k

*TRANSCRIPTS/COLORING PDFS: https://www.pandacubstories.com/season-1-legends-myths/2019/3/7/s1e4-nuwamotherofall

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ABOUT THE SHOW:

Panda Cub Stories (熊猫宝宝故事会) is a bilingual children’s podcast with a big vision: to help raise multilingual and multicultural children through storytelling! In season one, we are making our way through well known tales (and some lesser known stories) of Chinese mythology. Join Panda Cub as she dives into the seas of dragon kings and explores Jade palaces in the sky! 

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ATTRIBUTIONS: 

SCRIPT SOURCES:

⁃           https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nüwa

⁃           https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_mythology#Presiding_deities

⁃           https://baike.baidu.com/item/女娲/6416

⁃           https://baike.baidu.com/item/女娲造人/1888285

⁃           https://www.bilibili.com/video/av14929305?from=search&seid=628302983945534018

⁃           https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fengsu_Tongyi(earliest record of Nüwa legend)

⁃           https://www.gutenberg.org/files/15250/15250-h/15250-h.htm#d0e1278

⁃           http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Chinese_mythology#Creation_Myths

⁃           http://chinesegarden101.blogspot.com/2011/02/nv-wa-mends-sky.html

⁃           http://www.gly.uga.edu/railsback/CS/CSPG&NW.html

⁃           https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Ancestor_of_Mankind_in_Folklore——Nuwa.pdf

⁃           https://ancientpatriarchs.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/chinese-mythology-clarified-by-miao-legend-confirms-noahs-flood-history/

⁃           https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chinese_Stories/Nüwa

IMAGES:

Grassy plain: Photo by Tanguy Sauvinon Unsplash

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Wildflowers: Photo by Annie Spratton Unsplash

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Children 1: Photo by Jordan Whitton Unsplash

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Children 2: Photo by Limor Zellermayeron Unsplash

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Children 3: Photo by Margaret Weiron Unsplash

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Children 4: Photo by Piron Guillaumeon Unsplash

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Children 5: Photo by Austin Nicomedezon Unsplash

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Children 6: Photo by Hiu Yan Chelsia Choion Unsplash

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Crowd image: Photo by Benny Jacksonon Unsplash

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SOUNDS

Panda Cub Stories jingle: C.S. Brown

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Bird Song: http://soundbible.com/2207-Cartoon-Birds-2.html

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Laendler in C Minor Hess 68by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Hyperfun by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Dark Tension Rising - Mattia Cupelli - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zvQoPyY2XE

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