The Human’s Ancestors

The Human’s Ancestors (Ren Lei De Zu Xian in Chinese) is a myth of creation of Wa ethnic minority.(https://www.daowen.com)

At the beginning,there was only one person in the world.He felt lonely and squeezed into two clay men by mud.He blew two clay men with his mouth and the clay men became two living persons.Later,the two clay figurines grew up.They went to the orchard to play.Listening to the serpent,they took the fruits from the tree and ate them.The woman ate two fruits and the fruits became the woman’s breasts.The man ate one and the fruit stuck in his neck and became the man’s throat.Later,they married and gave birth to children.The floods came,and God sent Nua to the world.Nua made a big boat and human beings and all birds and animals boarded on the big boat.After the flood receded,all people and animals on the big boat came back to the land and lived a happy life.