An enigmatic early reference to this goddess relates her bowels to the names of ten dispersing spirits. In a 9th-century text, this goddess is a primeval human who prays for an omen of smoky mist, which convinces her to enter an incestuous marriage. A set of unanswered “questions to heaven” includes one about the making of the body of this goddess, whose modern name comprises the word for “woman” plus a homophone for “frog.” This goddess collects reed ashes, kills the black dragon, and melts five-colored stones in a creation myth that also recounts how she carefully makes rich people out of yellow earth, but drags a cord through mud to make poor people. Later depictions give snake bodies to this goddess and her brother-husband Fúxī (“foo-SHEE”). For 10 points, name this creator goddess who was superseded by Pángǔ during the Hàn dynasty. ■END■
ANSWER: Nǚwā (“new-WAH”) [or Nǚguā or Wāhuáng or Neoi Wo; prompt on Wā or Guā] (The enigmatic early reference is from the Shānhǎi jīng. The 9th-century text is the Dúyìzhì.)
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