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Facts about Pangu (Chinese Creation Myth)
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Pangu is often depicted as a hairy dwarf-like giant wielding a great axe or chisel, which he used to carve the chaos of the universe into form.
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According to the Pangu myth, the giant grew taller each day for eighteen thousand years as he pushed the sky and earth apart.
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Pangu's body parts are said to have become the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, soil, and wind after his death.
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The earliest known written record of Pangu appears in texts attributed to the scholar Xu Zheng during the Three Kingdoms period of China.
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In the Pangu creation myth, the giant Pangu is said to have separated the sky and earth by pushing them apart, with his body transforming into the world's natural features after his death.