HUAXIA
Nüwa“故昔者女娲氏练五色石以补其阙，断鳌之足以立四极。”
《列子·汤问》 · 汤问篇
ANALOGY · NOT TRANSMISSION
Compare without collapsing
These cards compare only functions or narrative structures visible in the cited texts. Every item is an analogy: none asserts shared identity, common origin, or historical transmission.
01 · ANALOGY ONLY
Making a world from material
How do two narratives turn cosmic structure into material that can be repaired or rearranged?
EUROPE
Ymir“They took the body of Ymer, carried it into the midst of Ginungagap and made of him the earth.”
The Prose Edda, Gylfaginning 8 · Gylfaginning, chapter 8
In the Liezi, Nüwa repairs heaven with five-colored stones and supports the poles with a turtle's legs. In the Prose Edda, the sons of Bor make the earth from Ymir's body. Both materialize cosmic structure, but they do not tell the same story.
This compares one narrative device—cosmic structure as workable material. It is not evidence of common origin or transmission.
02 · ANALOGY ONLY
When thunder becomes an actor
How does thunder move from weather to the action of a named figure?
HUAXIA
Lei Gong“棍子第三指，就要雷鸣电灼。”那雷公、电母道：“奉承，奉承。”
《西游记》第四十五回 · 第四十五回
EUROPE
Thor“The next that he saw were flashes of lightning, and he heard loud crashings; and then he saw Thor in his asa-might advancing with impetuous speed, swinging his hammer”
The Prose Edda, account of Hrungnir · Skaldskaparmal, Thor and Hrungnir
Journey to the West assigns thunder and lightning to celestial officers. The Prose Edda joins flashes, crashing sounds, and hammer-bearing Thor in a single combat scene. One is a celestial bureaucracy; the other is heroic combat.
An association with thunder does not make Leigong and Thor the same figure, nor establish a historical connection.
03 · ANALOGY ONLY
Authority among the dead
How do texts give the world after death its rulers, dwellings, and procedures?
HUAXIA
Yama“十王出在森罗宝殿，控背躬身，迎迓太宗。”
《西游记》第十一回 · 第十一回
EUROPE
Hel“Hel he cast into Niflheim, and gave her power over nine worlds, that she should appoint abodes to them that are sent to her”
The Prose Edda, Gylfaginning 34 · Gylfaginning, chapter 34
Journey to the West depicts ten kings receiving visitors, hearing a case, and consulting registers of life and death. The Prose Edda gives Hel power to assign dwellings to those who die of sickness or old age. Both imagine underworld governance, but through entirely different institutions and mythic settings.
Only the function of underworld governance is compared. Yanwang, Hel, and Hades are not interchangeable entities.