Nu Wa and her seven colour stones

• ruixiangz

  14 Apr 06, 21:25

  In the chinese myth, the goddess Nu Wa once mended the broken sky with seven coloured stones...
  
  now does anyone knows what are the seven colours? i need to write an essay base on this myth... thanks veri much
• Deunamist

  14 Apr 06, 21:32

  aren't they the colours of the rainbow?
• dragg

  14 Apr 06, 21:35

  only 5 right?
  
  7?
• ruixiangz

  14 Apr 06, 21:48

  opps...it's five...
  
  according to wikipedia, 'the rainbow was a slit in the sky sealed by Goddess Nüwa using stones of five different colours.'
  
  but wat are the five colours?
• Deunamist

  14 Apr 06, 21:52

  Following My Date With A Vampire 2, Nuwa's five colour envoys were Red, Blue, White, Yellow and one more I can't remember..
• ^tamago^

  14 Apr 06, 21:58

  http://youth.zaobao.com/friday/pages/669tup1.html
  
  bro can't put chinese here. sad. or else have link to the chinese wiki.
• Agenda

  14 Apr 06, 21:59

  google for the wikipedia article
• ruixiangz

  14 Apr 06, 22:01

  Following My Date With A Vampire 2, Nuwa's five colour envoys were Red, Blue, White, Yellow and one more I can't remember..

  ya...i remember that show also, but cannot remember much of the characters except for 'red tide' and the 'white nine tail fox spirit'...:S
• ^tamago^

  14 Apr 06, 22:05

  "black, white, red, green and yellow" ?
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nüwa
  
  http://www.chinavoc.com/history/ancient/myth_nw.htm
  
  http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:d8SO6u4Cj-wJ:ffimpulse.com/forum/showthread.php%3Fp%3D88522+myths+nuwa+five+stone+colors+red&hl=en&gl=sg&ct=clnk&cd=8