The ancient myth of the Shui nationality is an image record of the ancestors of the Shui nationality exploring the mysteries of nature. In ancient times, "primitive people lived a simple life, but they liked to attack those huge problems, such as why heaven and earth began, where humans came from, what was beyond heaven and earth, and so on." Their answers to these questions are the myths created by heaven and earth, that is, their primitive philosophy and their world view. "Mr. Mao Dun's exposition of the origin of ancient myths also conforms to the characteristics of water myths. It is precisely because the ancient myth is the exploration of nature and the thinking of the universe by the ancestors of the Shui people, so its contents are all important events such as the origin of heaven and earth, the birth of mankind, such as the opening of heaven and earth by the tooth witch, the creation of the pillars of the sky, the creation of the sun, the moon and the stars, the ritual stepping on the earth and the marriage of brothers and sisters, and the spread of smoke. This kind of myth is the same theme of all ethnic groups in southern China, which not only shows that ancient humans have the same psychology in understanding, conquering and dominating nature, but also has historical roots and cultural exchanges between ethnic groups. Nevertheless, the ancient myths of the Shui nationality still maintain distinctive features in the process of being handed down from generation to generation.

The ancient myths of Shui nationality mainly include the creation of the world, the origin of human beings and the reflection of national struggle. In the oral literature of the Shui people, the myth of creating the world and creating the sun, moon and stars is considered as the oldest literary work. This is the future generations according to heaven and earth, and human beings have a foothold; With the sun and the moon, there is the logical reasoning result of the growth of all things.