P'an Ku

American  

[pahn koo] / ˈpɑn ˈku /

(Pinyin) Pan Gu

noun

Chinese Mythology.

1. a being personifying the primeval stuff from which heaven and earth were formed.

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Example Sentences

According to this, the Male and Female Principles were each subdivided into Greater and Lesser, and then from the interaction of these four agencies a being, named P'an Ku, came into existence.

From Religions of Ancient China by Giles, Herbert Allen

Legend provides us with a weird being named P'an Ku, who came into existence, no one can quite say how, endowed with perfect knowledge, his function being to set the gradually developing universe in order.

From The Civilization of China by Giles, Herbert Allen

The Scandinavian giant out of whose body the world was made; compared with P’an Ku, 79 Yü, or Ta Yü.

From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

When P’an Ku had completed his work in the primitive Chaos, his spirit left its mortal envelope and found itself tossed about in empty space without any fixed support.

From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

The most conspicuous figure in Chinese cosmogony is P’an Ku.

From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)