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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



VOL. 123 



Calendar, 171b; calendar festivals, 85ff. 



Camel, 22b 



Candle, 30b, 40a, 44b, 45a, 138a. {See also 

 Beeswax, Torch.) 



Cannibalism, 15a, 20, 34, 167b, 168a, 237a, 

 261a, 274b, 277a, 284b, 285a. {See also Kw'a, 

 Witch.) 



Cannon, 30a, 125, 131b, 163b, 243b; cannon of 

 Chinese, 28b. {See also Bomb, Gun.) 



Carpenter, 22a, 161a, 202b, 203b, 287a; car- 

 penter as magician, 282; carpenter meets 

 demon, 135b 



Carrying pole, 172a, 256a 



Cat, 95b, 96a, 122a, 139a, 216, 248a, 262b, 

 281b; cat is part of tiger, 16b; cat is tiger, 

 189a; cat sent down by deity, 16; cat sings, 

 206b-207; lion-cat, 48b; wild cat, 273b 



Cave, 169a; cave dwellers, 20a 



Centipede, grateful, 228-229 



Ceremony, pi. 9. {See also Ancestor worship. 

 Cannibalism, Ch'ao Chien, Eating of new 

 grain. Exorcism, Fertility, Festivals, Funeral, 

 K'a Gei, Marriage, Master of Ceremonies, 

 New Year, Sacrifices, Sao Ch'ieh, Ts'ao Tu, 

 Tso Chai.) 



Change of man into animal, 279b-280. {See 

 also Tiger.) 



Ch'ao Chien ceremony, 83, 84, 94a. {See also 

 Ts'ao-chien.) 



Charms, 49b, 146b, 243b. {See also Exorcism, 

 Magic.) 



Ch'eng-tu (Chinese city), 36b, 95b, 96a 



Chess, 277b 



Chestnut, 203a, 273b 



Chicken, 15a, 30b, 73a, 80b, 136b, 152a, I7la, 

 185a, 217b, 259b, 275b, 281b, 282a; chicken 

 manure, 82a, 132b, 267b, 274b, 285b; chicken 

 raising, origin of, 21a; chicken sacrifice, 79a, 

 92b, 93b 



Ch'ien Lung, Chinese emperor, was a Miao, 

 137b 



Childbirth, ceremonies at, 51 



Children fed to tiger, 183b. {See also Baby.) 



Ch'in Shih-huang, Chinese emperor, 26 



Chinese, 15a, 17a, 38b, 68, 70, 73b, 74b, 75b, 

 88b, 89b, 91b, 99a, 100b, 101a, 108a, 113a, 

 115, 122, 128b, 130b, 131a, 135, 136b, 137, 

 138, 139, 140, 142, 143, 145a, 149a, 155b, 

 156b, 161b, 163a, 169a, 171b, 172a, 196a, 

 197a, 207a, 214a, 216a, 226b, 227b, 230b, 

 231, 233a, 237a, 241b, 244a, 249a, 250b, 259, 

 264b, 276a, 281a, 282b, 285b, 286a; Chinese 

 as enemies, 29a, 30, 31, 32b, 33, 34b, 36; 

 Chinese as landlords, 31a {see also Land- 

 lord); Chinese defeated, 28b; Chinese ex- 

 ploit Miao, 32a; Chinese fight Miao, 28; 

 Chinese intermarry with Miao, 29a, 30; 

 Chinese-Miao relations, 27; Chinese rape 

 Miao women, 25b; Chinese steal, 32a; Chi- 



nese use elephants, 28a; Chinese women, 

 23a, 124a. {See also Emperor, Empress, 

 Judge, King of heaven. Magistrate, Official, 

 Princess.) 



Chopsticks, 280a 



Chuang Yuen (best of all candidates in offi- 

 cial examinations), 138b, 220b 



Chungking (Chinese city), 109b, 233b 



Cicada and death, 54b 



Cinderella, 266-268 



Cistern, 23b 



Civilization, origin of, 19. {See also Culture 

 hero.) 



Clan of Miao, 33b 



Clearing, 238b, 278a, 279b, 281a. {See also Fire 

 fields, Slash-and-burn agriculture.) 



Clever girl, 230-232 



Clothing, origin of, 19. {See also Dress.) 



Club, 37a 



Coal, 208a, 277b; coal mine, 91a; invention of 

 coal, 25 



Cock, 73b, 74b; cock calls sun out, 173. {See 

 also Rooster.) 



Coffin, 6, 53b, 54b, 83, 126a, 146b, 189a, 214b, 

 219b; coffin in caves, 261b; tiger in coffin, 

 202b, 203b 



Cohabitation with invisible man, 219b. {See 

 also Intercourse.) 



Comb, 22a, 100b 



Conceptio immaculata, 27b 



Concubine, 40b, 266a; bad concubine, 267 



Contest in eating, 118; contest in singing {see 

 also Alternate songs), 98a 



Conundrums, 94-97, 277b 



Cooking of animal husband, 181b 



Copper (t'ung; often translated as "brass" or 

 "bronze"), 32a, 35b. {See also Brass, 

 Bronze.) 



Corn, 46a, 56, 71b, 89a, 102b, 210a, 214a; ori- 

 gin of corn, 220a 



Cousin, 114a, 145b, 149a, 182a, 188b, 191b, 

 201a, 212a, 230, 284a; cousin has sex pre- 

 rogatives, 151a; cousin of sun, 265b; ma- 

 ternal cousin, 136; paternal cousin, 146a, 

 149b 



Couvade, 3 



Cow, 94b, 119b, 137b, 139, 155a, 158b, 159, 

 162a, 170a, 173, 182a, 193a, 194a, 195a, 236, 

 254, 265b, 266, 269; cow as sacrifice, 78b, 

 202a; cow could speak, 274; cow fights, 133; 

 cow has no upper teeth, 185, 234a; cow 

 killed, 145; cow manure, 273b; cow muti- 

 lated, 144; cow pen, 196b, 267a 



Crane, 272 



Creation story, 155a, I72fl., 176ff. {See also 

 Flood, Ocean.) 



Cremation, I70a 



Cross, 81b 



Crossbow, 28b, 80b, 124b, 172b, 233b, 265b 



