Nüdeng, consort of Shaodian, conceived Shennong after being touched by a sacred dragon at Huayang, giving the Divine Farmer his ox-headed appearance. Their granddaughter Jingwei, who drowned in the Eastern Sea and became a bird, was born of this line.
Shennong's youngest daughter Nüwa drowned while playing in the East Sea and was transformed into the bird Jingwei, who ceaselessly carries twigs and pebbles to fill the ocean that took her life.
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