NO. I 



INDEX 



329 



Harvest festival, 88. {See also Eating of new 

 grain.) 



Hat of iron, 48a; hat makes invisible, 286a 



Hawk, 16a, 78a, 79a, 127a, 204-206, 239a, 244b, 

 248b, 255a; hawk and weasel, 223; hawk 

 eats men, 219a. {See also Eagle, Falcon.) 



Head, cut off, still asks questions, 36b; head 

 taken off, 146b, 157b 



Headache, 147b 



Headman (gii-leo), 4, 139a. {See also Magis- 

 trate, Official.) 



Heaven is stabilized, 18. {See also God, Sky.) 



Hells, the five, 50b. {See also Hades.) 



Hemp, 95a 



Hero. {See Cultural hero, Ha Ta Wa, Hu 

 Hsi, Pan Ku, Yo Fei.) 



Hiring of laborers, 87b. {See also Laborers.) 



Hmong (Miao), 31a 



Hoe, 78b, 96b, 121b, 203b, 238b, 246b, 266a; 

 origin of hoe, 23. {See also Plow.) 



Homosexuality, 135b 



Honey, 188b, 224a. {See also Bee.) 



Horn of sheep, 18b; as headwear, 42a 



Hornet, 157b, 169b. {See also Bee.) 



Horse, 42a, 43a, 47b-48a, 112, 158, 159, 162a, 

 169a, 181a, 182b, 183a, 205b, 206a, 235a, 

 239b, 242, 244a, 251b; sky horse (t'ien-ma), 

 191a, 195a; white horse, 279b; wild horse, 

 18a 



House with tile roof, 21b 



Hsien-yuan (Hsuen Yuen, name for Huang- 

 ti, Chinese mythical ruler), 18b, 82a 



Hsing Wen Hsien (place), 36a 



Hsiung (bear, clan name), 127a 



Hsi-yo-chi (Travel to the West, a Chinese 

 novel as Miao tale), 211 



Hsuen Yuen. {See Hsien-yuan.) 



Hu Hsi (sister of P'an Ku), 18b 



Hua T'o (Chinese doctor), 41a 



Hun (soul), 43b. {See also Soul.) 



Hunting, lib, 110, 124, 269b. {See also Trap.) 



Hun-tun (shapeless being of primeval times), 

 180a 



I (mythical archer, called Yang Ya), 265 



Ice, 26b 



Iconoclasm, 144, 215b. 



Idols of Chinese destroyed, 143. {See also 

 Gods.) 



Imitator is punished, 205, 208, 217, 239b, 242a. 

 {See also Brothers.) 



Immortals, 17, 180, 208a; immortal helps, 

 238b-239; immortal plays chess, 277b; child 

 becomes immortal, 210; the Eight Immor- 

 tals (Pa-hsien) 210b. {See also Eight super- 

 natural brothers, Kuan, Ling-chi (lin-tzu- 

 ts'ao) .) 



Incense, 37b 



Incest, 27; incest of first men, 72b, 179b 



Infanticide, 140b, 182a; infanticide attempted, 

 229b, 252 



Ink, 42b. {See also Letter.) 



Intercourse, 267, 270a; intercourse with wife 

 of brother, 228b; marital intercourse, 155b; 

 secret intercourse, 90a. {See also Adultery, 

 Cohabitation, Guest husband. Guest wife. 

 Sexual relations.) 



Intermarriage institutionalized, 287a. {See also 

 Cross-cousin marriage.) 



Invisibility: a dress makes invisible, 219b; hat 

 makes invisible, 286a 



Iron, 172b; iron ball, 96a; iron bridge, 104b; 

 iron cane, 136a; iron club, 13a; iron cook- 

 ing basin, 77b; iron cow, 48b; iron drum, 

 179b, 180b; iron filings, 15b; iron gate, 

 32b; iron needles, 20b; iron pot, 200b. {See 

 also Knife, Plow, Sword.) 



Je Dii (deity), 16a 



Je Seo, 273b. {See also Ye Seo.) 



Jen Tsung (Chinese emperor), 39a, 40a 



Jokes, 233 £f. 



Judge, 139 



K'a Gei (ceremony), 53, 55, 76b, 126a, 215a, 



216a 

 Kiangsi, the Miao in, 28b 

 King of Heaven (Lo Fa Dai), 17a {see also 



Ntzi); king of Miao, 28b, 30a, 34, 180a. 



{See also Emperor, Prince.) 

 Kingfisher was a man, 227b 

 Knife, stone, 12b; wooden, 85b 

 Kuan (the immortal), 263b 

 Kuanyin (Buddhist goddess), 39a; wants to 



ascend to heaven, 248b 

 Kw'a (cannibalistic tribe), 20, 34 

 Kwangtung (province), 28b, 29a 

 Kweichow (province), 145b 



Laborers, agricultural (working for land- 

 lord), 133a, 143b, 161b, 207a, 226a, 269b, 

 278a; laborers cheated, 139b; laborers ex- 

 ploited, 32a 



Ladder to sky, 13a, 14, 15b, 43, 68, 73b, 74b 



Lamp, 146. {See also Lantern.) 



Landlord (usually Chinese), 170, 251a, 252b, 

 273a, 283a; landlord exchanges wife and 

 property for Miao girl, 251a, 253a; {see 

 also Emperor) ; landlord mistreats Miao, 

 139; bad landlord, 251; cruel landlord, 161b 



Lantern, 43b. {See also Candle, Lamp, Torch.) 



Lao-tse (Li Lao Chiin, Chinese philosopher), 

 39a, 41a; Lao-tse became blacksmith, 82a 



Laziness, 149a 



Leak in house, 203 



Leather shoes, 29b, 277a 



Leprosy, 209b, 227a 



