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Facts about Pangu: Creation of the World
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Fleas and lice that grew on Pangu's body are said, in some versions of the myth, to have become the human race.
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According to the Pangu myth, his tears became rivers and oceans, his flesh became soil, and his bones became rocks and mountains.
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Pangu is one of the earliest creation figures in Chinese mythology, with written accounts appearing in texts from the Three Kingdoms period onward.
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In Chinese mythology, Pangu's body transformed after death into the physical world, with his breath becoming wind, his voice thunder, and his eyes the sun and moon.
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The Pangu creation myth describes how Pangu separated the chaos of a cosmic egg into heaven and earth by pushing them apart over thousands of years.