E1a1. Soaked by the rain (why there are cripples) .26.37.
Adeity or ancestor sculpts people from clay. Some of the figures are wet, so there are cripples among people.
Chinese (Sichuan, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan), (Chinese: Shaanxi), Manchus, Nanai.
China - Korea. The Chinese (Sichuan, Wu. Pengshan) [After King Pangu separated heaven from earth, there was everything in the world except humans, and then he began to sculpt them from clay. King Pangu once made a batch of people and put them to dry in the sun, but when they were about to dry, the sky suddenly darkened. He realized that it was about to rain, hurriedly threw them together with a broom and carried them into the house in his back basket, but before he could bear them all, it began to rain. As a result, some of the figures became wet, and some lost their arms, others had their legs, and others had an ear. People with disabilities have existed in the world ever since]: Zhou Yang et al. 1998b, No. 8:28; Chinese (Hebei, Wu. Chanley, 1986) [God discovered that there were mountains, water, grass and trees on earth, decided to create people, began to make clay figures; put some on the mountains, some on the plains, some on the shores lakes, some to the seashore, and wanted the sun to dry them; all the figures turned into living people; one day it rained heavily, some clay people washed their hands, others had their legs washed, others had their legs washed, and others face; so now some people have scarred faces, others do not have an arm or a broken leg; also, all modern people have clay residues on their bodies: when we sweat, we can wipe the sweat with our hands roll off pieces of clay (apparently, we are talking about "old skin")]: Bai Gengsheng 2007b:3; Chinese (Hebei, wu. Funing, 1986) [old Heaven's father had an eldest son, Shennong, a younger son, Fuxi, a daughter of Nuiwa; when they grew up, Heaven's father sent them to earth; S. created flowers, grass and trees there, F. - birds and animals, N. sculpted human figures, left them to dry; the waters of the Heavenly River often overflowed and spilled in the form of rain; N. did not have time to hide all the figures from the rain; this is how people with physical disabilities appeared - "soaked in the rain"; to prevent the rain from wetting the clay people again, N. went to heaven to repair it; every day she repaired the sky with stones; at this time she had been pregnant; respected (Taishan) Laozi was in her womb; one day for the gods equals one year for humans; L. was not yet born, but he was over 1000 years old; G. was afraid to give birth, so every time answered her son in the womb that she had not yet finished repairing the sky; tired of waiting, L. beat N. three ribs, making his way out; at this time N. had finished repairing three sides of the sky, and in the northwest she had to finish the edge, but she had to lie down to give birth; fearing that the clay figures would suffer from the rain and her mother would become angry, L. inserted a piece of ice into the hole in the NW of the sky; the piece was adjacent loosely, so L. ran away to the Jade Emperor, where he made him an official; until now, when clouds are drawn into the sky in the NW, it immediately rains, and when the wind blows NW, it gets sharply colder; seeing that she could not do her job, N. decided that people should live in pairs and give birth to children themselves; she no longer had to make clay people; since then there have been women and men; due to the fact that N. made people out of clay, then if you rub your skin, you can wipe off some dirt]: Bai Gengsheng 2007a: 5-6; Chinese (Hubei, Hunan) [the creator made people out of clay; the rain damaged some of the figures, so there are cripples among people; creators: a couple of first ancestors who survived the flood; God; Pangu; goddess Nuiwa (Nü-kua); data from the beginning of the Qing era]: Eberhard 1937, No. 70:114-115; Chinese (Henan, Wu. Sihua) [The grandparents and grandparents (Fusi and Nuiva) were younger brother and older sister. My grandparent went to school and took three cakes with him. Next to the road he walked, there was a stele at the foot of which was a stone turtle, which had been there for so long that it had gained intelligence. The grandparent saw that the turtle opened its mouth as if it were hungry, and each time he threw her a cake, and she asked for another one. He once asked her why she was eating two of his three tortillas. The turtle replied that it was laying it for him; a disaster would soon begin, which happens every 108,000 years, and the earth will be covered with water. When her eyes turn red, her grandparent will have to get into her stomach and eat the cakes that are stacked there. He continued to throw bread every day. I told my sister everything. She offered to cook more cakes so that she would have enough later. When he brought the tortillas made by his sister to the turtle, the turtle ordered his sister to be brought in immediately. The turtle's eyes turned red, and brother and sister hid inside it. When the mouth slammed shut, the flood began, and the turtle began to swim on the surface of the water. After a while, the ground appeared again, brother and sister went outside and began to live on the mountain. After drilling a tree, my sister started a fire. The grass grew, and he and his brother began to try different plants and sow delicious ones - wheat, millet, peas. An old man appeared, offered to lower two millstones from the mountain, and if they joined, he would marry, or if not, not. The millstones joined together. The couple dug a hole to live in it. They began to make little men out of clay, dry them in the sun and take them home. Once they made too many little men, and when it started raining, they didn't have time to carry them into the house, and they started raking them up. This is how blind and lame people lost their eyes and limbs. The grandparents and grandparents were brother and sister, but married, so the couple is still referred to as brother and sister]: Zhou Yang et al. 2001b, No. 9:13-14; Chinese (Henan, y. Xihua) [A long time ago, the sky collapsed, the earth split, all people died, and only brother and sister Fuxi and Nuiva remained on earth. After rolling millstones down the mountain and getting married, they gave birth to children. However, Nuiva could not have had enough children, and there were few people in the world. One day, Nuiva came to the riverbank, took yellow clay and started sculpting little men out of it and putting them in the sun to dry out, and then breathed life into them. Nuiva was also unable to mold enough people with her hands, so she took a vine in the mountains, dipped it in liquid clay, shook it, and the drops that fell turned into people. There were enough people, but a few years later, some of them died. Nuiva began to mold people into men and women and told them to pair up and have children. One day, when Nuiva was sculpting people, the weather suddenly deteriorated and she began to carry clay men into the house. But then it began to rain, and then she hurriedly swept away the remaining people with a broom. As a result, some people lost their arms, some lost their legs, and some lost their eyes. This is how cripples appeared in the world. Therefore, it is said that people were created by Nuiwa from clay, they are still called "clay men", and if you rub your body, particles of clay will remain on your hands]: Zhou Yang et al. 2001b, No. 11a: 20; (cf. Chinese (Shaanxi, Wu. Suide) [When heaven and earth were divided, there were no people in the world. The Jade Lord made Fuxi, Shennong, and Nuiwu the Three Augusts-Heavenly, Earthly, and Human, and commanded them to create humans together. They gathered at Mount Yueyashan in the ancient Shangjun region to discuss this assignment. Heavenly August Fuxi and Earthly August Shennong began to discuss the boundaries and the name of the state, and left Nuiwu between the rivers Wuding and Dali to create people. She worked very hard to create men like Fuxi and Shennong, and women her own way. She created white people from white clay near the Bainichuan River (White Clay Stream), and black people from the black clay she dug from the rocks beyond Mount Shuli. People had arms, legs, noses and eyes, but they had no life and couldn't move. Then she did what the Jade Lord taught her and said, "The Jade Lord told Three August to create a world and mold people out of clay, so come to life!" Then the clay men jumped in and started talking and laughing. Nuiva was happy, took off her belt, dipped it in liquid clay and waved it, shouting "Turn!" Clay fell from the waist to the ground and turned into clay men and women, tall and short, fat and thin, beautiful and ugly, healthy and crippled, yellow, black and white, or even all colors right away. Nuiva did not realize that she created twice as many men as women, and when they split into pairs, there were not enough women for everyone. Then the remaining half of the men started fighting for them with the other half. The women complained to the Jade Lord, who became angry and blamed everything on Nuiva. She was offended and replied that the Jade Lord himself sent two men and one woman to earth, so he himself was to blame for the inequality. There have been single men in the world ever since, but no single women. Crippled and ugly men could not find a couple and began to molest the Jade Lord asking what to do (zenme baths? ). But he didn't hear it, and he thought they were saying "bachelors" (Guanguner Han). Then he told them they would be called bachelors. The Jade Lord saw that Mount Yueyashan was full of yellow, black and white people, or even people of all colors at once, and there were countless of them. He then asked Nuiwu how many types of people she had created. She replied that they were nine, and the Jade Lord ordered them to be resettled in different countries. Since then, people have been saying that "one mother raised nine types of people"]: Zhou Yang et al. 1996, No. 3:5-6).
Amur - Sakhalin. The Manchus [Brother Dou and Sister Eyun lived at the foot of the mountains; the sister is older; the father is gone, the mother is collecting firewood; one day E. and D. climbed the mountain for brushwood, tired, fell asleep, leaning against a stone sculpture of a lion; when they woke up, they found that the food was gone; the same the next day; one day a stone lion appeared to them in a dream: "Wake up soon, misfortune will happen soon! Take everything you can carry and go away"; she and her mother came to the mountain; E. warned her fellow villagers, but they laughed at her; but birds and animals also climbed the mountain; lion: come in; birds, animals, and brother with sister, entered the lion's mouth, but the mother did not have time - her mouth slammed shut; E. and D. found food in the lion's womb; seven days and seven nights later, the lion reopened its mouth, the animals and birds saw the light and ran and flew outside; E. and D. after them; gave each animal and bird a grain to sow them on high mountains that humans cannot reach; the land is green; brother invited sister to marry; sister: "I will take a needle and I'll wait at the top of the mountain, and you take the red thread and stand on the opposite mountain; if you get a thread in a needle, we'll be husband and wife." My brother picked up the thread and thought, "The eye of the needle is so small and we're going to be so far apart, how can I get into it?" Ants, bees, and little birds promised to help; the birds took a thread in their beaks and flew to E., the bees were afraid she would see them helping her brother and circled randomly in front of her, and ants thread a red thread through the eye of the needle; sister: "This is not enough; there are millstones on the mountain; tomorrow you will lower the upper seed from the mountain, and I will lower it, and if they roll down the mountain and join together, we will become husband and wife"; wolves, tigers and leopards promised to help; one seed rolled to the wolf and he pushed him forward, saying, "I almost hit me!" Another seed rolled to the tiger, and the tiger pushed him forward, saying, "I almost crushed me!" Whichever animal the millstones rolled to, everyone pushed them down, and so they found themselves at the foot of the mountain, where a snake wrapped around them and placed their brother's seeds right on top of their sister's grain. Brother: "We should be husband and wife now." The sister said, "Let it be as heaven wants!" ; E. gave birth to ten children, but there were still too few people in the world, so she decided to make them out of clay; now there were too many people to remember everyone, and then they gave them names based on their appearance. When the little men were ready, they put them to dry in the yard, but one day it started raining and the couple hurriedly ran to clean them up. But it started raining too fast, and some figures lost their noses, eyes and ears, and some had broken arms and legs. The world has been crippled ever since. It is said that all people in the world have existed ever since]: Chen, Wang 1989:21-24; Nanais (Sungari) [at the time of the creation of the world, heavenly spirits made people out of clay and made them dry; when it started raining, some people got their feet wet and lame; others got their hands wet - crooked; those who had rain on their heads became bald; those who saw the rain went blind] : Kotvich 1910:216-217 (=Sem, Sem 2020, No. 13:102).