NO. I 



INDEX 



327 



Cross-cousin marriage, 181a, 182, 235a, 237b. 



{See also Cousin, Uncle.) 

 Crow, 162a, 207b; crow helpful, 267a 

 Cuckoo, 107a 

 Culture hero, 28 

 Cyclical symbols (Chinese), 39b 



Dance, 4, 52b, 54a, 83a, 84a, 85b, 120a, 150, 

 163b, 197b, 206b, 235b, 241b; pis. 10, \\; 

 dance in first month, 33b. {See also Lion 

 dance.) 



Darkness, 216b 



Daughter-in-law, 152f., 158, 160, 262, 275a 



Death, ceremonies after, 5 Iff.; origin of death, 

 223b 



Decapitated man runs away, 36b 



Deer, 111b 



Defecation, 133b, 136a. {See also Urination.) 



Deities, 144b. {See also Amitabha, Buddha, 

 Demons, Door god, Dragon king, God, 

 Idols, Je Dii, Kuanyin, Mana, Moon, Sky, 

 Sun, Toad, Ye Seo, Yii-huang-ti.) 



Demons, 7, 8, 14b, 15, 16a, 25a, 26a, 33a, 37, 

 38, 39, 40, 41b, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 

 51b, 53b, 58, 60, 61, 63, 69, 72, 74a, 75a, 76, 

 77, 80b, 83a, 84, 85, 87b, 91b, 94a, 98a, 126b, 

 128a, 138a, 141a, 145, 146, 147, 156a, 157b, 

 161b, 167a, 168a, 184a, 188a, 198b, 209a, 

 212, 218b, 230, 274b, 288b, 289a; demon 

 and man blackmail others by collaboration, 

 215b; demon cheated, 85a; demon killed by 

 centipede, 228b; demon king, 285b; demon 

 possesses people, 134, 136a, 137b; demon 

 put into bottle, 276a; cannibalistic demons, 

 228a, 276a, 215a. {See also Banana demon, 

 Deities, Fish demon. Fox demon. Frog de- 

 mon, Nao Nun, Ndo Glang, Soul, Spirits, 

 Tiger man, Vine demon. Witch.) 



Desertion, 155b, 160a. {See also Divorce.) 



Diseases exorcised, 38a. {See also Exorcism.) 



Divination, 47a, 207a, 252a; divination with 

 egg, 46b; divination with rooster, 103b, 104, 

 105b; divination sticks (cf. Chinese "kua"), 

 42b, 44a, 51b, 53a, 54, 55a, 65, 73a, 78a, 80b, 

 81a, 105b, 148a. {See also Fortuneteller.) 



Division of property, 227b 



Divorce, 225b 



Do nun (shaman), 5, 37a, 212b, 213a; pi. 7. 

 {See also Shaman, Tuan kung.) 



Door god, 45; door worship, 8, 192a, 243 



Dove, 16 



Dragon, 38a, 50a, 54a, 67, 76a, 119b, 171b, 

 223a; dragon gives rain, I79b; dragon king 

 (lung-wang), 8, 11a, 15a, 27a, 167a, 209a, 

 211a, 264b, 285b; dragon king as ancestor 

 of Miao, 27b; dragon king wants to ascend 

 to heaven, 238a, 248b; dragon king's daugh- 

 ter marries, 226; dragon pool, 118a; dragon 

 wife, 179a; cannibalistic dragon, 220b-221; 



the nine dragons, 246a; rapids of the nine 

 dragons, 51b 



Dream, 271b, 275b, 281b, 286a; dream inter- 

 preted, 87a 



Dress, pis. 12-24. {See also Apron, Clothing, 

 Hat, Shoes, Skirt, Trousers.) 



Drought, 287a. {See also Rain prayer.) 



Drum (religious instrument), 6, 20b, 40b, 

 43a, 53a, 73a, 79a, 80a, 81, 83b, 84a, 92a, 

 129a, 132b, 137a, 157b, 163b, 179a, 194b, 

 231a, 240b, 241a, 267a, 284a; ceremonial 

 drum, 5, 25b; origin of drum, 52a, 54a, 75a, 

 77b 



Duck, 109b-110 



Dwarf, 7. {See also Ai-tzu, Liliputania, Pyg- 

 mies.) 



Eagle, 204-205. {See also Hawk.) 



Earth, origin of, 172a; earth god (T'u Ti), 

 219b 



Earthquake, 13b 



Eating of new grain (a festival), 24a, 88, 237a 



Echo and tiger, 201-203a, 223a 



Eel, 168a, 254b 



Egg, 66, 80, 126b; egg as sacrifice, 92b; egg 

 becomes man, 17a; egg borne by woman, 

 180a; egg of elephant, 224b; egg used in 

 exorcism, 46b 



Eight characters (used in preparation of mar- 

 riage, Chinese), 207a 



Eight supernatural brothers, 286b. {See also 

 Immortals, the Eight.) 



Elements, the five (Chinese) , 49a 



Elephant and its baby, 28a; elephant egg, 225 



Elopement, 105b. {See also Adultery.) 



Embroidery, 131a, 137a, 191a, 193b, 194a; pis. 

 12-24 



Emperor attacked by bees, 169b; emperor is 

 bad, 241b; emperor is brought to Miao land, 

 244a; emperor is killed, 183b, 286a, 287a; 

 emperor is a Miao, 168b-169a, 244b, 248a, 

 249b, 255, 286a; emperor is stupid, 168a; 

 emperor is a toad, 183b; emperor of China, 

 18, 32, 36a, I70b, 171b, 211b, 214b, 219b, 

 220b, 231a, 245b, 246, 277b, 278a, 286a, 

 288a {see also Ch'ien Lung, Ch'in Shih- 

 huang, Jen Tsung, Ming dynasty); em- 

 peror of demons, 213b {see also Dragon 

 king, Yen-lo-wang) ; emperor of Miao, 29b, 

 36a; emperor resigns, 255a; emperor steals 

 Miao wife, 183; 244a, 249a, emperor trades 

 queen to Miao in order to get a girl, 249b 

 emperor wants to kill children, 168b, 286b 

 emperor's daughter marries a Miao, 246b 

 how to become emperor, 137; origin of em- 

 peror, 21a {see also King). 



Empress is a demon, 168a; empress needs 

 medicine, 248b 



