In ancient Chinese myth, the one who creates humans from the earth is a creation
goddess: Nüwa was walking along the Yellow River and suddenly discovered her reflection
in the water. She decided to use the mud from the riverbed to sculpt figures like her own. Nüwa blew on the figures, and that's how life was breathed into them. The characters became small, intelligent and dexterous, living things that could walk and talk. Nüwa called them 'Ren' , meaning 'human'.