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§ 8. The Dragon-gods of the inner and outer seas 190 



§ 9. Dragon-palaces 191 



§ 10. Dragons connected with Buddhist priests 193 



§ 11. Eight dragons ridden through the sky by a Buddhist deity . 194 



§ 12. Curses wrought by dragons 194 



§ 13. Kelics of dragons preserved in Buddhist temples 195 



§ 14. The "Dragon-flower-meeting" ' 196 



CHAPTER V. 



CHINESE AND INDIAN DRAGONS IDENTIFIED OR CONNECTED WITH ANCIENT 



JAPANESE DEITIES. 



§ 1. Sagara the Dragon-king, the Yamato no orochi, Antoku Tenno 



and the Kusanagi sword 197 



§ 2. The Thunder-god caught by Sukaru and identified with a 



Dragon-king 199 



§ 8. Watatsumi no kami, the Sea-god, identified with a Dragon-king. 201 



§ 4. The dragon-hole in the Gion shrine 202 



§ 5. The dragon-snake offered by the Sea-god to the Sada shrine . 202 



§ 6. A dragon-snake as a tree-sprite on Koya san 202 



§ 7. The "Heavenly Dragon's Well" at the Suwa shrine .... 203 



§ 8. Kurikara Myo-o, the dragon-shaped mountain-god 204 



CHAPTER VI. 



THE DRAGON-LANTERN. 



§ 1. Dengyo Daishi's image of Yakushi Nyorai 205 



§ 2. Kobo Daishi's spirit 206 



§ 3. Jigen Daishi's spirit 207 



§ 4. "Dragon-lantern pine trees" 207 



§ 5. Tide-stones connected with dragon-lanterns 209 



§ 6. The Mountain-light and the Dragon-lantern of Grammokuzan 



in Etchti province , 210 



§ 7. Kwannon's dragon-lantern at Ryukoji 210 



§ 8. Tomyo-dako, Kumano Gongen at Nogami, Kwomyoji at Kama- 



kitra and Zenkwoji at Kagano 211 



§ 9. The light of Yotsukura 211 



§ 10. The lights of Ushijima, Ishidozan and Kurikara 212 



§ 11. Ignes fatui in general. The dragon-lantern is the only one 



which arises from the sea and flies to the mountains . . 213 



CHAPTER VII. 



THE CHINESE DRAGON's EGGS IN JAPAN. 



§ 1. The dragon-fetus remains in the egg for three thousand years. 215 



§ 2. Dragons born from beautiful stones picked up in the mountains. 216 



§ 3. Thunderstones 219 



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