First described in the book A Chronicle of the Five Circles of Time as having the body of a snake and the head of a dragon, more common depictions of this deity have him as a giant with a horn on his head, which was supposed to get soft when it was his time to die.
In one story, this being was held to have followed a beam of light at the end of which were two sisters, whom this being invited to stand on two mountains, thereby creating the sun and moon. In another legend, this being molded an ox out of clay and saliva and set it to carry the earth; so that the ox would not fall asleep, this being also created a clay rooster to keep watch on the ox. First described in the book A Chronicle of the Five Circles of Time as having the body of a snake and the head of a dragon, more common depictions of this deity have him as a giant with a horn on his head, which was supposed to get soft when it was his time to die. This being is one of the few who can send rain without the permission of the Jade Emperor, and according to the Wuyun Linianji, at his death this god's body became the extremes of the earth while insects on it became people. Originally held to have hatched from a primordial egg, for ten points, identify this creator deity of Chinese myth, often considered the first man.
In one story, this being was held to have followed a beam of light at the end of which were two sisters, whom this being invited to stand on two mountains, thereby creating the sun and moon.
Pangu or Pengu