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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



VOL. 123 j 



Dai and cut the demons of sickness and those 

 of groans into halves. She cut the demon of 

 quarrels until it perished. Ze So also brought 

 Tsha Tai and cut. She cut the demons of 

 sickness, of the forest and of the grassy 

 places. Bo So separated men and the demons. 

 Ze So separated the demons so that they could 

 not see people." 



At this point the tuan ^ung beats his gong. 



"The demons must not come near people. 

 Bo So took an iron hatchet. Ze So took a big 

 stone ax in his hand. Na Bo So then struck 

 the stone cliff with her ax. Ze So will cut 

 the stone terrace and the colored cliff. They 

 will come and cut (with their stone axes) 

 the dragon pool of these old people so that 

 it will not spoil. They will cut the big rock 

 and the stone cliff and will cut the old 

 people's lake so that it is safe." 



Here the tuan k}mg beats his gong. 



F. When the beeswax burns, the smoke 

 arises. When it arises, I will call.*^® We will 

 call the Zwang Tsai ^^ to bring Tsang Heo."° 

 We called 99 colored dragons. When the 99 

 colored dragons came they went into the 

 dragon pool of this family. There are also 

 88 colored dragons who came to control the 

 lake of these old people so that it will not 

 dry up." 



Here the tuan \Hng beats his gong. 



G. "When the beeswax burns, the smoke 

 arises. When it arises, we will call again. 

 We call Tsho Tsai (the striped tiger) to come 

 to the front. To Neo (?) bit with his teeth. 

 Tsai (?) bit and gnashed with his teeth. 

 Tsho Ndzeo (tjo* nd^Au) then stood up 

 firmly and ate the demons of sickness and 

 those of groans. Tsai Shi Tsho Ndzeo came 

 moving and ate the demons of sickness and 

 the gasping demons. Then Tsho Ndzeo ate 

 the demon of chills (diseases where there are 

 chills) and demons of blood diseases. Tsai 

 Shi Tsho Ndzeo also bites his teeth together 

 firmly and eats the demon of coughs. When 

 he has eaten it he wants you old folks of this 

 family clear about it (without ills). They 

 ate the demon of sickness and the demon of 

 groans so that they could not harm people. 

 They cannot harm the family of you old 

 people. When the demon of the forest and 

 those of the grasslands come, they cannot 

 injure your young people and cannot injure 

 your garden." 



Here the ttia7i \ung beats his gong. 



H. "When the beeswax burns, the smoke 



^s The tiian lyitng calls and the smoke helps 

 him. 



6^ SwaO tsai, die colored dragon. 



■^^ tsaO Xau, a leader in dragon land. 



arises. When the smoke arises, we again call. 

 We call the lady sun to come forward. We 

 call to the moon young man to come to the 

 front. When the lady sun has come out, it 

 has shone; it has shone on the souls of you 

 old people's farming and on the five grains. 

 She will also shine on the souls of the domes- 

 tic animals including cattle and horses. She 

 also shone on the souls of your descendants. 

 She has shone on enough to fill the house. 

 She shone on enough to fill the central floor 

 of the house. The souls in the center pushed 

 out. Those on the two sides went out on 

 each side, and some surged out through the 

 middle door. The front and the rear were 

 full, and they went out slowly." 



At this point the tuan \ung beats his gong 

 a while. 



I. "When the beeswax is burning, the 

 smoke arises. When the smoke arises, we 

 will again call. We call the Nts'ai Hwa (girl 

 cloud) to come from the sky above. We call 

 Ndzeo Jia '^^ to come from the land above 

 the sky. Nts'ai Hwa came and smoked the 

 eyes of the demons of death so they could not 

 see. She also smoked the demons of the forest 

 and those of the grasslands. Ndzeo Jia came 

 and blew. When he blew, the roads of sick- 

 ness of this family were cut off. When he 

 blew, the sounds of groaning and the sounds 

 of sickness were ended. He blew the sound 

 of sickness into the water. They blew the 

 demons until they were unable to grow (or 

 live). He blew the demons of the grasslands 

 and those of the forests and vanquished them 

 below the white cliffs. The demons of the 

 forests and those of the grasslands cannot 

 come back." 



At this point the tuan hj-ing again beats his 

 gong a while. 



J. "When the beeswax is burning, the 

 smoke arises. When the smoke rises, we will 

 call again. We will call a pair of Chinese 

 from Wu Liang Yo." 



Here he beats his gong. 



"When the white wax is burning, the smoke 

 arises. When it arises, we will again come 

 and call. We will call a Chinese Ho Lan Ts'f 

 to come to the front. The Chinese from Wu 

 Liang Yo lighted the lantern and lighted 

 things. They will lighten the soul of this 

 family as it comes and enters the room. The 

 two Chinese from Honan brought the lantern 

 and lighted (the room) together. They will 

 lighten that family's living soul as it returns 

 to the guest room. They will lighten the way 

 for the family's souls (of the living) halfway 



^1 Nd^Au^ dsa-^ male wind. 



