NO. I 



INDEX 



333 



soul of parents, 97b; soul sent back, 44b; 

 the two souls, hun and po, 17a. (See also 

 Demon, Life-giving soul, Spirits.) 



Sparrow, 16a 



Spear, 28b 



Spider, 95b, 129b 



Spirit money (made of paper; Chinese), 78a, 

 143b, 265a. (See also Money, Paper money.) 



Spirits, 53b 



Squirrel, 203a 



Star, 13a; star god, 41a; star is gold, 205; star 

 is swept, 12a; star marries orphan, 249a, 

 250a. (See also Big Dipper, Mars, Milky 

 Way, Morning star.) 



Steel, 96b 



Stone as boundary mark, 31a; stone ax, 33, 

 217b, 286a; stone bamboo, 17a, 39a; stone 

 coffin, 254b; stone cult, 26; stone grinder, 

 87a; stone implements, 254b; stone knives, 

 12b; stone lion, 96a; stone pestle, 182b; 

 stone pillar, 253a; stone speaks, 242a. (See 

 also Megalithic traits.) 



Stonemason, 202b, 284a 



Stool, 42a 



Straw figures, 40 



Stupid girl, 276b; stupid man, 164b, 224a, 230, 

 260; stupid man does not know intercourse, 

 155b; stupid son, 259 



Suicide, 145a, 147a, 152a, 153b, 154, 170a 



Sun, 95a; sun in cave, 11a; sun is brought 

 out, 11a; sun is cousin of rooster, 265b; sun 

 is female, 38b, 172b, 288b; sun is rescued, 

 88b; sun is shot, 265; sun scorches bad 

 brother, 205b, 206b; many suns, 172b; ori- 

 gin of sun, 172a 



Swallow, 78, 264a 



Swan maiden tale, 250a, 278 



Sweeping, 77b 



Sword, 34a, 193; sword of shaman, 41b; 

 wooden sword for exorcism, 274b 



Szechwan (province), 32b, 35b 



Table, 82a, 93a 



Tailor, 112a 



T'ai-p'ing (Taiping) rebellion, 35 



Talk of the animals (Chinese tale type), 277b. 



(See also God.) 

 T'ang dynasty (618-906), 211b 

 Tao (philosophical principle of Chinese), 48, 



50b, 51a, 238a, 248b 

 Tares, seed, 192 

 Tasks, accomplishment of impossible, 244a, 



249, 251. (See also Tests.) 

 Tax collector (Chinese), 170b, 220b 

 Taxes, 233a 



Tea, 30, 148, 164; tea sacrifice, 84b, 86a 

 Temple, 215a, 219b, 239a, 244b. (See also 



Iconoclasm, Idol.) 

 Tenants, Miao, of Lolo, 35 

 Terraces (agricultural), 128b, 152a 



Tests, 279b. (See also Tasks.) 



Theatrical show, 157b 



Thief, 125, 160a, 164a, 208, 214a; thief de- 

 tected, 272; clever thief, 275a, 289 



Thunder, 17b, 52b, 78b, 122b, 128, 132a, 141b, 

 170b, 171a, 223a; thunder god, 37b, 41a, 95, 

 96a. (See also Lightning.) 



Tiger, 24b, 38a, 124, 126b, 171a, 173, 222a, 

 223a, 233b, 265b; tiger afraid of leak, 203; 

 tiger and children (Chinese tale type), 

 189b, 270; tiger and echo, 201-202; tiger 

 and girls (Chinese tale type), 276b-277a; 

 tiger and monkey sing, 208a; tiger and 

 toad, 287b; tiger as brother of toad, 223a; 

 tiger as father of girl, 160a; tiger becomes 

 buffalo, 270a; tiger brings bride, 195; tiger 

 captures wife, 190-194; tiger eats family, 

 245a; tiger girl, 157b; tiger has human 

 wife, 234a, 236; tiger is ancestor of cat, 16b; 

 tiger is killed, 271; tiger is married, 280b; 

 tiger spirit, 42a; grateful tiger, 183b, 184; 

 man becomes tiger, 139a, 185ff., 187-188, 

 189, 195-197, 198b-200. (See also Witch.) 



Toad, 287b, 288; toad and tiger, 223a, 287a; 

 toad as child of couple, 180; toad in moon, 

 181b; toad marries girl, 181a, 182; super- 

 natural toad, 8; warty toad, 181, 210a. (See 

 also Frog.) 



Tobacco, 30, 119a, 121a, 142b, 149b, 165b, 

 166b, 187b, 205b, 206a, 239, 242a, 245a, 

 254a; supernatural tobacco plant, 239b-240. 

 (See also Pipe, Smoking.) 



Toilet, 148b, 187b, 224b, 268a; toilet pit, 136a, 

 166b. (See also Manure.) 



Torch, 50b, 186b, 204b, 207b. (See also Can- 

 dle.) 



Towns of Miao, 28b 



Trade, 30b. (See also Market, Merchant.) 



Trap, 201a, 222, 230a, 252a, 269a, 270a 



Trapper, 285a 



Trapping was first human economy, 288a 



Travels of shaman, 42-43, 206. (See also Mi- 

 grations.) 



Tree, worship of, 8. (See also Bamboo, Ban- 

 yan, Mulberry, Peach, Pear, Pine, Plum, 

 Wu-t'ong.) 



Tribes. (See Kw'a, Lolo, Pai Jen.) 



Trousers, 202a, 275a 



Trumpet, 237a 



Trunk of elephant, 28a (See also Tusks.) 



Ts'ao-chien ceremony, 83b, 131b. (The Ts'ao- 

 chien and the Ch'ao Chien are the same 

 ceremony.) 



Ts'ao Tu ceremony, 120a 



Ts'i Ma Niang Tsai (deity), 8 



Tsi Ntzi (bad god), 18a 



Tso Chai ceremony, 52a, 75ff., 79, 80, 81, 82, 

 92a, 98b, 194b, 196b, 267a. (See also An- 

 cestor worship, Funeral, Memorial cere- 

 monies.) 



