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What if instead of a generic snake -- #Serpens became -- Nüwa??

Nüwa is a woman-headed snake goddess in #Chinese #mythology who created humans from clay.

She was one of Jordan's ret-cons(tellations) for the serpens constellation this week!

Listen to the episode here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/serpens-myths-and-retconstellations/

📷 :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%BCwa#/media/File:Imperial_Encyclopaedia_-_Spirits_and_the_Supernatural_-_pic54_-_%E5%A5%B3%E5%AA%A7%E7%A5%9E%E5%9C%96.svg

#mythology #myth #legend #lore #ChineseMythology #StarLore #Serpents #Snakes #Serpens #constellations #Retcon #storytelling

No Injury to the Willing (ca. 1790) by Marcus Eugenius Bonacina, from Compendiolum de praeparatione auri potabilis veri.

Source: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/577d8478-e396-433f-bb5b-d5ea7ebab92b

#chemistry #nudes #occultism #alchemy #serpents #shields #owls #art #publicdomain