Several Asian cultures, including that of the Andaman Island, believe that humanity
emerged from a bamboo stem.
Philippine creation myth, legend tells that the first man and the first woman each
emerged from split bamboo stems on an island created after the battle of the
elemental forces (Sky and Ocean).
Malaysian legends a similar story includes a man who dreams of a beautiful woman
while sleeping under a bamboo plant; he wakes up and breaks the bamboo stem,
discovering the woman inside.
The Japanese folktale "Tale of the Bamboo Cutter"
(Taketori Monogatari) tells of a princess from the Moon emerging from a shining bamboo section.
