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145 548 On the belief that demons can take off their heads, see W. Eberhard, 



Lokalkulturen, vol. 2, p. 478. The motif of the man who lost his head 



and still continued to live until a woman told him he would have to 



die (p. 36, No. 628) is related. A parallel to this text is reported in 



the T'ai-p'ing \uang-chi, vol. 15, ch. 191, p. 12b. 

 147 503 Cf. J. J. M. deGroot, Religious System, vol. 5, p. 714ff., for Chinese 



parallels. 

 152 11 On the high rate of suicide among tribes during the period of transition 



from their old system of free love to the Chinese marriage system, cf. 



Bull. Ecole Franc. d'Extreme-Orient, 1939, p. 2. 

 157 305 Cf. W. Eberhard, Lokalkulturen, vol. 2, p. 478. Dogs' blood as a magic 



medicine is known in China (J. J. M. de Groot, loc. cit., vol. 6, p. 1008). 

 166 240 The concept of another world under the earth is known to Chinese, too. 



This world is either permanently foggy or dark {Fa-yiian chu-lin, ch. 



382; T'ai-p'ing \uang-chi, vol. 31, ch. 386, p. 28b, and vol. 30, ch. 379, 



p. 44b), or day and night are interchanged (ibid., vol. 30, ch. 379, p. 42b, 



and vol. 24, ch. 298, p. 22b). 

 257 Cf. "Typen," No. 40. 



274 The motif of the value of salt occurs in China ("Typen," No. 73). 

 69 Cf. "Typen," No. 67. 



18 Cf. "Typen," No. 47. See also Frontier Affairs, vol. 4, Nos. 2/3, pp. 21-22, 

 Ch'eng-tu, 1945, for a text from the Chung-chia tribe in Kui-chou; Nan- 

 king Journ., vol. 8, Nos. 1/2, pp. 11-13, for a Yao tale; Journ. West 

 China Border Res. Soc, vol. 7, Ch'eng-tu, 1935, for a Moso tale. 



19 Cf. "Typen," No. 48. 

 664 Cf. "Typen," No. 47, subtype 1. 

 123 Cf. "Typen," No. 43. 



147 Cf. "Typen," No. 174. The toad is a sacred animal in South China, con- 

 nected with the moon. (Cf. W. Eberhard, Lokalkulturen, vol. 2, p. 71f.) 



182 605 The beginning of this tale seems related to "Typen," No. 43, the rest tc 

 "Typen," No. 195. 



Cf. "Typen," No. 16. 



Cf. "Typen," No. 17. 



Cf. "Typen," No. 17. 



Cf. "Typen," No. 17, a third variant. (Cf. W. Eberhard, Volksmarchen 

 aus Siidost-China, pp. 37-38, Helsinki, 1941.) 



Cf. "Typen," No. 24. 



Cf. W. Eberhard, Lokalkulturen, vol. 2, p. 478; J. J. M. de Groot, Reli- 

 gious System, vol. 4, p. 163f.; vol. 5, p. 544f.; T'ai-p'ing yll-lan, 892, 

 p. lb; 888, p. 2a; T'ai-p'ing \uang-chi, vol. 23, ch. 284, p. 192; vol. 24, 

 ch. 296, p. 14a; Soit-shen-chi, 12, p. 2b; 1-chien-chih, 8, p. 3a; Chin-hu 

 ch'i-mo, 5, p. 6a; H. Bernatzik, Akha und Meao, vol. 1, p. 161, 1947; 

 C. P. Fitzgerald, The Tower of the Five Glories, p. 142, London, 1941; 

 etc. 

 189 472 Cf. "Typen," No. 11. 



197 66 The motif of the person covered for 49 or for 7 days, after which time he 

 is supposed to be changed, is typical for South Chinese natives and 

 occurs in "Typen," No. 41. 



