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It may be stated that those Ch'uan Miao texts which are folktales belong to the Far 

 Eastern tale area and more specifically to the Chinese subarea. But all of them are 

 strongly influenced by Miao social and cultural institutions. In a number of cases, it is 

 difficult to decide whether a Miao tale is related to a similar Chinese tale at all. 



The stories of the Miao seem to be strongly influenced by Chinese short stories. 

 Owing to the specific character of these short stories (cf. W. Eberhard, Die chinesische 

 Novelle, pp. 116-119) comparisons are difficult. The Miao material would certainly 

 deserve an analysis in this direction. 



Many cultural traits of the Miao, even details of their ceremonial calendar, show 

 Chinese influences. Here, too, an analysis would bring interesting results. 



II. MOTIF-INDEX OF GRAHAM'S FOLKTALES OF THE CH'UAN MIAO, 

 ARRANGED BY STITH THOMPSON ^ 



Letters and numbers on the left refer to the classification of the motifs in Stith Thompson's Motif- 

 Index. Numbers on the right refer to folktales in Graham's collection, and page numbers are those in 

 this book on which the folktales and the particular motifs mentioned may be found. L, left column; 

 R, right column. 



A. MYTHOLOGICAL MOTIFS 



A200-A299. gods of the upper world 



A21L God of heaven. No. 61, p. 218L 



A400-A499. gods of the earth 



A400. God of earth. No. 148, p. 242. 



A410. Local god. No. 405, p. 219R. 



A430. God of vegetation. No. 61, pp. 217-218L. 



A700-A799. the heavens 



A701. Creation of the sky. No. 36, pp. 221i?-222; No. 69, p. 172L. 



A702. Nature of the sky. No. 699, p. 2S8R. 



A702.6. Sky measured by bird. No. 699, p. 288L. 



A720. Nature and condition of the sun. 



A72 1.0.2. Sun kept in corral. No. 69, p. 172L. 



A739.L Sun at the edge of the sky. No. 699, p. 288L. 



A750. Condition and nature of the moon. 



A751.6.1. Solo tree on moon was once a toad on earth. No. 123, p. \%\R. 



A751.12. Toad turns into solo tree and is seen on moon. No. 123, p. 1812?. 



A754. Moon kept in box. No. 69, p. 172. 



A760. Creation of the stars. 



A762.2, Star-woman takes mortal man as husband. No. 443, p. 249L, 



A770. Origin of particular stars. 



A771. Origin of Great Bear (Ursa Major). No. 494, p. 252L. 



A780. The Planets. 



A781.1. Origin of morning star. No. 509, p. 285L. 



2 Classified in accordance with his Motif -Index of Folk-Literature (See bibliography, Thompson, 

 1932-1936; also his Indiana University Studies.) 



