p.

deity

comparative

97

Sao-c^>in-nian (Old Woman Who Sweepeth Heaven Clear)

[Aztec] besom-goddess Tlazol-teotl

Lei-kun (Sire Thunder) -- blue, beaked, winged, talonned

[Etruscan & Assyrian] beaked, talonned gods

98

Tien-mu (Lightning-mother) -- holding 2 mirrors [used for entrapping evil spirits]

[S^into] goddess Ame-no-uzume of the entrapping-mirrors

Yu: S^ih (Rain-Master) -- clad in yellow armor, and holding gushing water-cup

"my cup runneth over"

Fen-p>o-p>o (Madame Wind) -- seated on tiger, and carrying sack containing winds

wind-containing sack of demi-goddess En-arete (Odusseid- 10:1-76)

99

sedan-riding dog is laughed at [referring to ridicule of dog when he sought to marry woman] in order to procure rainfall, in western Sze-c^uan

[Aztec] Ueue-coyotl

112

Kitchen-god -- white-bearded, seated on armchair [southward-wending, on sedan-chair, carrying ingots of silver -- p. 114]

Kepheus

Kitchen-god's wife -- feeding the 6 domestic animals

Kassi-epeia

113

Wood-gathering Youth

Phoiniks

Sir Water-carrier

Ogugos (flood-god) the father of Phoinks

118

C^>an-s^en T>u-ti (Long-Life Locality-God)

Jui-c^>in Fu-jen (Noble Dame of Happiness)

C^>uan-kun (Lord of the Bed)

Odusseus (built his own bed - O23)

C^>uan-mu (Lady of the Bed)

Penelope (spoke of that bed to him -- O23)

119

K>en-san-ku (Latrine-3^rd-Dame) = Tzu-ku (Purple Dame) -- goddess of the latrine, of lantern-festival willow-branch (at ladle)

Helike ("willow")

Dame Basket

Dame Broom

[Aztec] Tlazol-teotl of goddess of besom

120

Ts>ai-s^en -- surrounded by children gathering gifts under Cash-Tree

st. Nicolas (Santa Claus) at Christmas-tree

C^ao-pao T>ien-tsun (Treasurer-Discoverer Caelestial Venerable)

120-1

Na-c^en T>ien-tsun (Treasure-Bringer Caelestial Venerable)

121

C^ao-pao S^ih-c^e (Treasure-Discoverer Messenger)

Li-s^ih Hsien-kuan (Commercial-Profit Immortal)

Tsen-fu Ts>ai-s^en (Increasing Happiness Wealth-God)

C^u-pao C^ao-ts>ai (Gathering-Treasure Seeking Wealth)

Hsu:an-t>an C^ao Yu:an-s^uai (Dark-Mound C^ao Generalissimo)

Fu-te Ts>ai-s^en (Blessed Wealth-God) = Wu-lu Ts>ai-s^en (5-Roads Wealth-God)

125

Hen Ha Erh-c^ian (Sniffler & Snorter Generals)

[Vaidik] Nasatya (nasa 'nose') & Dasra; [Aztec] Yaca-tecuhtli ("nose-lord") & Mix-coatl

127

Mo-li S^ou -- "carried ... the monstrous Striped Sable ... which, unleashed, devoured men." [= mongoose of Ku-vera son of Vis`ravas]

Eurustheus, born by intervention of gale (weasel)

dragon-king: Kuan-__

meaning of name: Releaser of __

__ Sea

te

Virtue

Eastern

li

Goodness

Southern

jun

Favor

Western

tse

Generosity

Northern

hillock

place of the soul's __

Hao-li

departure to be born

S^e-s^en

return after death

day & month

festival

offering

1^st d. of 1^st m.

New Year's Day

piece of cake

2^nd m.

C^>in-min (sweeping of tombs)

apricots

5^th d. of 5^th m.

medlars & plums

[6^th m.]

Summer solstice

green beans

7^th m.

C^>en-huan

new rice

8^th m.

Mid-autumn

Moon-cake

9^th d. of 9^th m.

chrysanthemum-bouquet

10^th d. of 10^th m.

crab

11^th m.

Winter solstice

blood-oranges

p.

deity

constellation of __ stars

129

Wenc^>an Ti-c^u:n (of Tzu-t>un in northern Sze-c^uan), who underwent 17 successive lives

6

130

K>uei-hsin standing by his leg on human-headed ao-fish (which was rescuing him drowning)

4

131

C^u-yi ('Red Dress') = red-robed old man

?

p.

deity

establishment of title / group

132

K>un-tzu Model & Exemplar for 10,000 Generations

[p. 136 duke (A.D. 1); king (A.D. 739); duke (A.D. 1075); emperor (A.D. 1106)

135

72 sages to the left

[p. 135 modern]

72 sages to the right

[p. 135 modern]

10 wiseacres (S^ih-c^e)

[p. 135 A.D. 1330]

p.

deity

of __

141

Liu the Heavenly Prince

The 5 cereals (wheat, barley, millet, sorghum, rice)

Hou-c^i ('Prince Millet')

harvests

Huan S^ih

cotton

Old Lady Huan

"cotton … she is supposed only to have imported from Canton the machine for removing seeds from it" {so, the cotton-gin is older in China than Eli Whitney?}

Hu-s^en

hailfall (festival on 1^st d. of 7^th m.)

great-king Pa-c^a (bird-beaked, bird-feeted)

encloser, within gourd, of locusts [p. 142 amulets are distributed against locusts]

142

1^st Harvester

1^st Ploughman

1^st Dike-maker

1^st Canal-digger

1^st Builder of Watch-huts

Spirits of cats

who eat rats

Spirits of tigres

who eat feral swine

143

Niu-wan ('Oxen's king')

ox-stables

Lin-c^u ('Transcendent Pig')

pigsties

Ma-t>ou Nian (' Horse-head Dame')

silkworms, at Mulberry Avenue in Palace (of Jade Emperor)

p.

guild

patron-saint

saint's day

147

tradesmen

God of Wealth

2^nd & 16^th d.s of m.

hotelkeepers

God of Wealth of the 5 Roads

148

goldsmiths

Hua-kuan (in chair, with feet on ingot) & Tun-fan S^uo (incarnate planet of metal)

jade-merchants

Pien Ho (whose limbs were amputated)

carpenters

Lu Pan (maker of wooden falcon)

makers of red & black lacquer

the 2 wives, red & black, of Lu Pan

13^th d. of 5^th m.; 21^st d. of 6^th m.

butchers

Fan K>uai (butcher of hound-meat); C^an Fei (butcher of pork)

weavers

God of the Shuttle

16^th d. of 9^th m.

gardeners

God of Garden-Trees

brush-makers

Men T>ien (inventor of writing-brush)

paper-makers

Ts>ai Lun (inventor of paper)

tailors

Huan-ti (Yellow Emperor: inventor of caerimonial vestments)

cobblers

Sun Pin (whose toes were amputated)

149

wine-makers

Yi-ti (inventor of wine for Yu: the Great)

distillers

Tu K>an (discoverer of grain-alcohol)

barbers

Ancestor Lo (1^st of barbers)

13^th d. of 7^th m.

public story-tellers

Ts>an C^ieh (legendary inventor of writing)

actors

Yu:eh Fei

prostitutes

Kuan-yin & P>an C^in-lien (whore-widow)

thieves

Brigand Sun C^ian (in the Water Margins); Brigand C^ih (visited by Confucius)

p.

the __ deity

is like unto a __

comparative

153

Golden Raven

thunderbolt

[Bon] raven-god emitting lightning from its mouth

Jade Rabbit

chariot-wheel

Iksion bound onto wheel in sky

157

[in constellation Sagittarius:] goddess & god of "the entire allotted span" of life

tou ("bushel")

Hemi-thea & her brother Tenes arrived in a barrel: "linked the hero to his destiny." (CDCM, s.v. Tenes")

p.

feature: his __

description

154

stature

9 feet tall

beard

2 feet long

face

red as jujube

eyen

those of phoinix

154-5

son

carrying sigil

155

squire

carrying halberd

p. 159 __-hsin ('__ Star')

Fu- (Happiness)

Lu- (Dignitaries)

S^ou- (Longevity) [= Canopus, p. 160]

his retinue

p. 159 midgets "as buffoons and comedians"

p. 161 children

symbol

p. 160 fluttering bats

p. 161 deer

p. 161 pine-tree

food

p. 160 grain

p. 161 peach-fruit

description

p. 161 having enormous very high bald head

Lady of Good Vision

holdeth an enormous eye in her hands, and praeserveth children from sore eyen

Lady Who Bringeth Children

holdeth a new-born baby in her hands

Lady Who Promoteth the Beginning of Praegnancy

Princess Who Mysteriously Nourisheth and Strengtheneth & Strengtheneth the Form of the Embryo

Lady Who Speedeth Birth

Princess Who Causeth the Rule to be Followed & Protecteth Infancy

Lady Who Bestoweth Birth

Princeth Who Granteth Joy & Protecteth Delivery

Lady of Smallpox

Princess Who Granteth Tranqullity & Kindness for Infancy

Lady Who Guideth the Ignorant

Princess Who Guideth & Directeth Infancy

Lady of Suckling

Princess Who Giveth Food & Nourisheth Infancy

p.

Hell

__-wan ('king')

punishment in it for __

177-8

1^st

C^>in-kuan-

[examination of souls at Hsieh-c^in T>ai ('Mirror-of-the-Wicked Terrace')]

178

2^nd

C^>u-c^ian-

breach of trust (dishonest go-betweens; faithless trustees; ignorant medics)

3^rd

Sun-ti-

betrayal of superiors by inferiors (of husbands by wives; of masters by slaves)

178-9

4^th

Wu-kuan-

misers (swindlers; counterfeiters; makers of false weights; movers of boundary-markers)

179

5^th

Yen-lo-

religious sin (destruction of pious books)

6^th

Pien-c^>en-

sacrilege (cursing heaven; destroying idols)

179-80

7^th

T>ai-s^an c^u:n-

violation of tombs

180

8^th

P>in-ten-

lack of filial piety

9^th

Tu-s^ih-

incendiaries & abortionists

180-1

10^th

C^uan-lun- (praeliminaries for re-incarnation)

p. 180 "Broth of Oblivion" praepared by Men-p>o Nian-nian (Dame Men)

p. 181 K>u-c^>u-c^>iao ("Bridge of Sorrow") "over a river of vermilion-colored water"

p.

The 7 p>o

The 3 hun

183

"remain with the body in the mortuary chamber, which they cannot leave because of the gate gods".

"led away by the henchmen of the god of Walls and Ditches, whose summons warrant serves as a pass with the gate gods, begin their voyage to the underworld".

"When the hour of death comes, … the god of Walls and Ditches" sendeth 2 emissaries [Niu-t>ou (Go-s`iras 'Ox-head') & Ma-mien (As`va-mukha 'Horse-face')] "to seize the soul and bring it before him."

184

Niu-t>ou & Ma-mien "are obliged to get help from the soul of a living man, whose body suddenly falls into a catalepsy while the soul leaves it for some moments".

"On the thirty-fifth day after death, the dead person's soul … boards the Precious Raft which is the Ship of Benevolence … from one world to the other".

185

"On the forty-ninth day, … the soul definitely passes through the door which separates the terrestrial world from the infernal world." Then it entereth "the first of the Ten Tribunals."

186

"On the evening … of the hundredth day," there is provided "the house where the dead person must live in the infernal plains where, with other souls, it makes up cities and towns around the palaces of the" netherworld-deities.

wing of palace

right

left

waterway

River of Kingfishers, flowing through wing

Lake of Pearls, surrounding wing

inhabitants of wing

male Immortals

female Immortals