SUBJECT INDEX 



Prepared by WOLFRAM EBERHARD 

 (Letters following page numbers indicate columns: a, left-hand column; b, right-hand column.) 



Actor, 157b 



Adoption, 139b, 221a 



Adultery, 166b, 209b, 227a. (See also Incest, 

 Sexual relations.) 



Agriculture, 179a; origin of agriculture, 20b, 

 27a, 71b. (See also Clearing, Hoe, Irriga- 

 tion, Laborer, Landlord, Millet, Plow, Rice 

 paddy, Slash-and-burn, Tares, Terrace, 

 Wheat.) 



Ai-tzu (dwarfs), 260 



Altar, 52b, 86a. (See also Flowery altar.) 



Alternate songs, 94b. (See also Love songs.) 



Amitabha (O-mi-t'o Fo), 17 



Ancestor worship, 6, 20a, 21, 25a, 27a, 30b, 

 35b, 51b, 52, 54, 55, 65, 72-84, 86a, 88b, 90, 

 94a, 108, 116b, 117a, 131b, 134, 137, 194b, 

 199b. (See also Tso Chai ceremony.) 



Angleworm, 279a 



Animal husbandry, 30b. (See also Chicken, 

 Cow, Dog, Donkey, Horse, Mule, Pig, 

 Water buffalo.) 



Ant, 74b, 84b, 126a, 168a; grateful ant, 183a, 

 229a 



Anus, 202b, 203b, 217a. (See also Buttock.) 



Apron, 19b, 186b; pis. 14, 19 



Ax, 19a, 22a, 38a, 82a, 156a, 187b, 234a. (See 

 also Stone ax.) 



Baby comes from heaven, 249, 251a; baby 

 feeding, 49b 



Bamboo, 19b, 22a, 52a, 77b, 78a, 198b, 231a; 

 bamboo container, 135b 



Banana demon, 135b 



Banyan tree, 236b, 239a 



Barrel, 19a 



Bastard, 264b 



Bath, 136a, 223b, 250a, 268b; bath before in- 

 tercourse, 228b 



Battle of gods, 14a-b. (See also War.) 



Bean, origin of, 220a; bean curd, 39a 



Bear, 217b 



Bed, 19a, 20a, 21b; bed wetting, 282 



Bee, 91a, 94a, 189b, 202a; bee fights emperor, 

 169b. (See also Hornet.) 



Beeswax, 42a, 60, 127a 



Beggar, 210a, 263a, 283a; beggar gets wife, 

 156b-157 



Bell, 50a 



Bellows, 22b, 125a, 222a 



Big Dipper (star), 252a 



Bird as sacrifice, 24a; bird brings seed, 218a; 

 language of bird, 214b; nine-headed bird, 

 222. (See also Crow, Duck, Eagle, Goose, 

 Hawk, Magpie, Rooster, Sparrow.) 



Birth, 101b; birth out of egg, 31a; super- 

 natural birth, 31. (See also Conceptio im- 

 maculata.) 



Birthday, 182a 



Biscuits, 86b 



Boar, 78b 



Boat, 73b, 94b, 95a, 165a, 247 



Bomb, homemade, 30b, 34a, 138b, 143, 182a, 

 232b 



Bones of dead washed, 83b 



Book (Chinese), 96b, 115b, 136b, 252a. (See 

 also Sacred books. School, Writing.) 



Bottle imp, 276a 



Bow and arrow as gift for dead, 215a 



Boxing, 34a 



Bracelet, 195a, 251b 



Brass, 14a, 63, 172b; brass arrow, 124b; brass 

 bracelets, 93a; brass club, 139b; brass dip- 

 per, 77b; brass hairpin, 279b; brass lock, 

 92a; brass vessel, 164b (see also Gong). 

 (See also Bronze, Copper.) 



Breast cut off, 269a 



Bribery, 213b 



Bridal ceremonies, 92-94. (See also Engage- 

 ment, Marriage, Wedding.) 



Bride, 22, 24b, 91, 116, 117, 126, 137a, 145b, 

 146a, 155a, 162, 163a, 164b, 215b, 221b; 

 bride escorted to groom's house, 90b; bride 

 has to be recognized among crowd, 229b, 

 243b; false bride, 268a 



Bronze bell, 213b. (See also Brass.) 



Brodiers, 27, 227b, 242b-244; brodier of bride, 

 93a; brother of wife, 160b (see also Cousin) ; 

 bad brother imitates the good brother, 205 



Buckwheat, 95b, 154b, 165b; origin of buck- 

 wheat, 220a 



Buddha, 25b; Buddha impersonated, 118a; 

 living Buddha, 129a; questions to Buddha 

 (Chinese tale), 237b, 238, 249b; sacred 

 books of Buddha, 119b. (See also Amitabha, 

 Kuanyin.) 



Bugle (sa-la), 29b, 36b, 41a; 50a, 163a; pi. 10 



Building, magic spell put on by carpenter, 282 



Butterfly carries water, 197b 



Buttock, 189b, 204a, 276b. (See also Anus.) 



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