NO. I 



CH UAN MIAO SONGS AND STORIES — GRAHAM 



II 



II. LEGENDS 

 CREATING AND FORMING THE SKY AND THE EARTH 



The Dragon-King Gave a Daughter in Mar- 

 riage, or Sewing Up the S^y and Bring- 

 ing Out the Sun (293) 



Ruang Gen So Ngeo arose at midnight. 

 When he arose, he caused part of that place 

 to move. He met one, So Ngeo Ruang Gen 

 (thunder dragon awake), who was coming 

 downward. When he arrived, both sections 

 of that locality were moved. So Ngeo Ruang 

 Gen moved, coming from Ntzi's door of 

 heaven. He also moved on the earth. When 

 he came calling by day and by night, So 

 Ngeo Ruang Gen came up from below, and 

 roared like thunder a day and a night.^ 



There was a Na Bo No K'o who held a 

 needle in her hand. She was just threading 

 a needle and took a thread and went to sew 

 up the sky. She moved the sky while she was 

 sewing it. She came sewing from the top of 

 Ntzi's heaven. For nine days she opened up 

 the road of Na Bo of the nine skies, then 

 brought out the sister sun.^ The sister sun 

 went through a cave before she got out; then 

 her light lightened Ruang Bo's room. The 

 sun again went through a cave, then lightened 

 Ruang Je's room. 



The jfear arrived for Ruang Bo to give 

 away the daughter as a bride and for Ruang 

 le to welcome the bride. Then Ruang Bo sent 

 away the daughter. The demons from cliffs 

 on three roads arrived. The water sisters from 

 three roads also came and followed, escorting 

 the bride. In the water below there was a 

 colored fish and a tiny fish following her. 

 Above there was a snail father and a snail 

 mother escorting her. All these came together 

 escorting the bride. 



The song is ended. 



Rubbing the S\y and the Earth Level (313) 



When I roam over the world, it stirs my 

 mind. I go to Ntzi le No Ho's road. Speak- 

 ing of the earth, I roam all over the sky and 

 go to Niong De Ho's dwelling (God's ruler 

 over the clean earth). Ntzi le No Ho (God 

 old man sky clean) first came and saw Go 

 Tseo carrying a whetstone. When Niong De 

 Ho first came, he carried on his back a green 

 stone. Ntzi le No Ho slept until midnight, 

 then arose and began rubbing the ground 

 level. Niong De Ho, after he had rubbed the 



2 This sounds like a thunder god. 



3 The sun is regarded as a female, the moon as 

 a male. 



earth flat, went to help rub the sky flat. Ntzi 

 le No Ho rubbed the sky until it was smooth. 

 Niong De Ho rubbed the earth until it was 

 level and firm. Ntzi le No Ho rubbed the 

 sky and came and looked and saw an old 

 man who was old and still older.* When he 

 sat down he was not as tall as one's knees. 

 He gnashed his teeth near the edge of a pool. 

 His tusks protruded above his lips. His long 

 whiskers reached down below his waist. In 

 his hand he held a very sharp stick. He came 

 down from Ntzi's Heaven using his stick as 

 a cane and he said, "Eh, Ntzi le No Ho, you 

 have rubbed the sky, and it is smooth. Eh, 

 you Niong De Ho rubbed the earth and the 

 earth is smooth. Eh, you Ntzi le No Ho 

 rubbed the sky, and the sky is good." He also 

 said, "Eh, Niong De Ho rubbed the earth and 

 rubbed it level in both directions. Eh, when 

 you Ntzi Je No Ho rubbed the sky, did you 

 see inside the sky? When Niong De Ho 

 ground the earth, did you gain control of the 

 earth.?" 



Bitiding the Sky and the Earth (314) 



Bang Ngeo Ngeo Ya slept until midnight, 

 and she arose and pulled the fiat together. 

 Ngeo Ya Ngeo Tso slept until midnight and 

 then arose to pull the sky together, and the 

 sky had a knot. Ngeo Ya Ngeo Tso pulled 

 the earth together, and then it had a road. 

 Bang Ngeo Ngeo Ya pulled the sky together 

 into one lump. When they pulled the sky 

 together, it bent toward the earth. When they 

 pulled the earth together, it was like a water- 

 fall. 



Then they looked at the sky. The sky was 

 very broad. They bent the sky until it touched 

 the top of the steep hill. They bent the earth 

 until it pointed toward the two opposite sides; 

 then they came out and looked. They saw 

 that the sky and the earth were vastly broad. 

 They again came out and looked and saw that 

 the place was clear and firm in its position. 



Two Fengshui Stones, or Leveling Off the 

 Fields (344) 



Ntzi Je Ldo Hai (God's servant Je Ldo 

 Hai) slept until midnight, and arose to level 

 the sky. Niong De Hai slept until midnight, 

 then arose to level the fields on earth. After 



*This old man is not Ntzi but one of his 

 officers. 



