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A Study on Chinese myth and Genesis--focus on 'Nüwa, Yehehua, Noah' Kim, Nak-Cheol In Chinese myth, Nüwa(女媧) is the creation deity and the heaven-repairing heroine. It was said that there was no creature in the world at the beginning of the genesis. Pangu(盤古) created the world. Soon after that, there was collapse of the northwest sky followed by gales, heavy rain, snow and hail, and the world was suffering from flood. Seeing this, Nüwa began to repair the sky with stones of five colors and then adjusted the four sky poles in places. and then she made humans with clay. In the Bible, God, seeing the wickedness of man, is grieved by his creation and resolves to send a great flood. He sees that Noah is a man 'righteous in his generation', and gives him detailed instructions for the Ark. When the animals are safe on board God sends the Flood, which rises until all the mountains are covered and all life is destroyed. At the height of the flood the Ark rests on the mountains, the waters abate, and the dry land reappears, Noah, his family, and the animals leave the Ark, and the God vows to never again send a flood to destroy the Earth. Thus, The flood myths are also popular in the world. So some people say that Nüwa is Yehehua(Jehovah), Yehehua is Noah. Further more, they assist that Bible is an echo of myths. So, this article intends to prove the origin of ‘Nüwa, Yehehua, Noah'.