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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.” (10[1])This goddess collects (10[1])reed ashes, (10[1])kills (10[1])the black dragon, and melts five-colored (10[1])stones (10[1])in a (10[1])creation myth that (10[1])also recounts how she carefully makes (10[1])rich people (10[1])out of yellow earth, (10[1])but drags a cord through mud to make (10[1])poor (10[1])people. (10[1])Later (10[1])depictions give snake bodies (10[1])to this goddess and (10[1])her (10[1])brother-husband (-5[1])Fúxī (10[1])(“foo-SHEE”). For 10 points, name this creator goddess who was (-5[1])superseded by Pángǔ during the Hàn dynasty. (10[2])■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: Nǚwā (“new-WAH”) [or Nǚguā or Wāhuáng or Neoi Wo; prompt on or Guā] (The enigmatic early reference is from the Shānhǎi jīng. The 9th-century text is the Dúyìzhì.)
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