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... Fu Xi and Nü Wa ( figs . 18–20 ) . Fu Xi and Nü Wa are hybrid creatures in two senses . They are almost universally represented all over Han China with serpent tails and human torsos , and in this sense can be called hybrid creatures ...
... Fu Xi and Nü Wa ( figs . 18–20 ) . Fu Xi and Nü Wa are hybrid creatures in two senses . They are almost universally represented all over Han China with serpent tails and human torsos , and in this sense can be called hybrid creatures ...
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... Fu Xi / Nü Wa theme depicts the two deities upholding the sun and moon , perhaps the most commonly cited physical expressions of Yin and Yang ( fig . 20 ) . It has been suggested that these images might represent the gods of the sun and ...
... Fu Xi / Nü Wa theme depicts the two deities upholding the sun and moon , perhaps the most commonly cited physical expressions of Yin and Yang ( fig . 20 ) . It has been suggested that these images might represent the gods of the sun and ...
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... Fu Xi and Nü Wa . Detail of a rubbing of a funerary engraving from Suining County , Jiangsu . Eastern Han . Fu Xi and Nu Wa at the beginning of a series of sage rulers . Rubbing of a stone engraving from the Wu Shrines . Eastern Han ...
... Fu Xi and Nü Wa . Detail of a rubbing of a funerary engraving from Suining County , Jiangsu . Eastern Han . Fu Xi and Nu Wa at the beginning of a series of sage rulers . Rubbing of a stone engraving from the Wu Shrines . Eastern Han ...
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