p.

event

49

"Jeweler’s Scales was the clever one. Wearing an old style tunic ["the weight on a small steelyard" (p. 197, n. 1)], he came to weigh Gold and Silver."

50

"Yang Yu’s hands and feet were very long : ... Such rulers measured the Creation Sites."

51

"Young Wind Boy was caught and put in the bellows; sounds of crying came from within; those sounds were used to create the Suns and Moons".

In the form of "Sparks", "Down from the wide Sky fell five handfuls of Fire". ["a shooting star. It is said that a fire will start where a meteor falls." (p. 197, n. 3)]

52

"Cold Winter ... carried the bellows".

"Gold and Silver were taken into a cave where the wind was just right;

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there the Metals slowly cooled – it was a good place to make the Moons."

"They were taken into a stone trough. ... it was a good place to create the Suns."

"It was Grandma Yu who made" the crucibles for making the Sun and the Moons :

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Bo melted Gold in a crucible; Qe melted Silver in a crucible.

five fingernails turned into five Silent Ghosts."

"Kindhearted Grandma Yu had nothing to do. She ran outside the door ... at .. making the Suns and Moons." {cf. Ama-terasu’ s venturing outside her cavern}

"Grandpa Xong ... was Grandpa Bo’s helper. Grandpa Bo used the little hammer; Grandpa Xong used the big hammer. ... Suddenly the head of one hammer fell off ... Grandpa Xong ... being so careless."

56

"Only a little triangle of scrap was left over, just like a little red envelope for sending gift money at festivals. ... It was sent to the Chicken King’s family; ... the Chicken King put it on his head."

"Twelve Moons were created; twelve Suns were made." {"the formation of twelve suns and twelve moons." (AH, p. 17 -- M104)}
"Grandma Yu ... cut out the Suns and Moons as if she were making paper flowers."

"the scissors" : "They were put in Niang Ni’s house for her to guard. ... families without children may ... sacrifice to the scissors used to put out the Suns and Moons; those doing so can bear children." ["If a woman is born on a day and at a time unsuitable ... to the scissors star, she will be barren" (p. 197, n. 8).]

57

Yan Yu "took the ripple for a model, and thus made the Moons round, and thus made the Suns round."

"The pipe-bellows were sent to the mountains; later, they became Bong Yu Lio [bont yux liod "a blast of air that can blow away a cow" (p. 197, n. 9)], and also became Bong Yu Nin [bont yux ninx "a blast of air that can blow away a water buffalo" (p. 197, n. 10)]."

59

"The Moons’ skins fell off; the Sun’s skins fell off. The skins fell down upon the pipe bellows and collected into piles. Later they became hail".

"Frost carried the pot, carried the tripod to scorch the site, ... red as chestnuts".

60

Grandpa Xon "had a little Gold left over ... so he took it to make those Stars." {" "Golden stones" are the stars" (AH, p. 9 – M101).}

61

Old Man Bon Yon "ate nine troughs of baba cakes, ate nine baskets of raw fish; ... he put the Hail, Frost, and Snow up in the Sky ... up to Dlong Lia Lio {of Old Man Thunder?}, right up to Dlong Ha Ba {of Grandma Nian Ni (p. 62)?}".

63

Yu Gon & Li Gon ("They ate rocks, and they ate steel.") refused to carry the Suns and the Moons; so, Old Man Bon Yon carrried the Suns and the Moons : "He carried them to Li Gi Saddleback; he carried them East of Li Vang Saddleback."

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While they were being carried by Bon Yon, the Moon and the Suns "scorched half of Bong Yong’s face. Bong Yong shifted them to his other shoulder, reversing the load on his carrying pole. But the Moons [and] ... the Suns fell into the mountain valleys".

Xan On (a male god) and Vi Hxe (a female goddess) "washed the Suns and Moons clean."

65

Niu Xan "came to put wheels on ... the Suns and Moons ... .

Old Man Thunder opened the back door, let down a rope from the Sky, and pulled the Suns ... and ... the Moons up to the Sky."

"The good-hearted Sky Dog brought a horse knife and cut a path ... to let the Suns and Moons go to the Sky."

66

Grandma Yu raised a white-mouthed cow, and ploughed the Sky flat".

geographic feature

became the __

valley

bellows

wind from the Sky

bellow’s wind

spine of a mountain

plunger

tall mountain

handle

boulder

hammer

peat

charcoal

p.

implement

its substance

50

tailor’s ruler

"yellow sandalwood"

vent-flaps of bellows

chicken-feathers

handle of bellows

buffalo-horn

51

bellows

valley

plunger

mountain-ridge

handle

mountain

hammer

boulder

p.

implement / substance

patterned after __

53

tongs

"crab’s claw"

rivets

contracting leeches

54

Gold

Silent Ghost’s 3 handfuls

Tongs’ hand

Silent Ghosts’ 5 fingernails

p.

what was brought

as __

54

wave-foam

wine

straw-sandal bugs ["aquatic centipede" : dark-colored, edible (p. 197, n. 6)]

ducks

55

Ge Lu

"sorcerer invited to call back the Earth God’ s soul."

implements

were sent into __

and there became __

hammers

abyss

tortoises

tongs

corners of the paddies

crabs

__ of balance-scales

p. 57 for ordinary gold & silver

p. 58 for suns & moons

arm

horse-bone

gan-fu wood

pan

silk strings

"spider web"

rivets

copper

"leaves"

p.

constellation

made from __

60

Sai Gai

gold

Ton Hsen

"

the 2 Tigre Sistren

"Silver Hammers"

rhe 2 Duck Sistren

"hoe head"

Woodcutter

"Silver" ingot

61

Bailing Bucket "to measure rice in the sky" {Big Dipper?}

"Silver Mold"

galaxy ("silver river")

breath of Grandpa Xon

"wisp of red cloud" {stellar nebula?}

"puff of smoke" from making of "Sky Pillars"

p.

frozen praecipitations’ entry into sky

61

right up to Dlong Ha Ba."

62

"... I’ll put them in my trunk."

frozen pr.

in __ room

season

(p. 62) hail

western

March

frost

inner

October

snow

sitting

(p. 63) end of year

Grandma __

brought __

Nian

a duck

Han

wine

the __

broke into __ pieces

suns

9

moons

7

he __

the __

fastened on his neck

river & streams

carried on his head

wells

"tacked to his sleeves"

Little Stars

"held in his hands"

Big Stars

p.

suns, moons, etc.

66

"Come out at dawn by turns; go in at dusk by turns."

67

They shone until the ground and mountains were melting."

He obtained an arrow having an arrowhead of "eleven steel barbs".

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until it was half as high as the sky."

198, n. 2

"the horse-mulberry (de wi [det wik] in Miao; masang in Chinese; Coriaria sinica) could understand human language. When it was told to grow tall or shorter it would comply. Later, it let Hsang Sa (Hsangb Sax) stand on its branches to shoot down the excess suns and moons. Later, the remaining sun and moon chanted incantations over the tree, and thus it grew crooked and useless."

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... the Sun and Moon hid in Du Li’s house".

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"The twelve suns and moons are named after the Earthly Branches in the Chinese lunar calendar. {viz., the 12 suns are so named} ... They {i.e., the 12 suns} are all married to the various lunar months." {viz., the 12 moons have the names of the 12 lunar months}]

"When Rooster crowed, the sun came out."

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"When the Sun came out, the Sunflowers welcomed it".

{According to the Edda, Skoll (‘repulsion’) and Hati (‘hatred’) swallow the sun & the moon, causing eclipses. (MNL, p. 16)}

"the Silver Mold Bottom ... bore the Sky Dog that has two rows of teeth {sharks have extra rows of teeth} and is able to eat the Sun and Moon in the Sky."

It required "eleven years" for Hsan Sa to shoot down 11 Suns & 11 Moons.

[10

"Hsang Sa later kills his own son,"

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after that son had shot a goose in the goose’s eye.

198, n. 5

"three stars {actually planets} in the sky are transformed members of Hsang Sa’s family. The star that comes out at dusk is his son {planet Venus as evening star}, because he shot him at dusk. The star that comes out after dark {planet Mercury} is his wife, for when she heard of the death of her child, she ran out in the dark to find him. The star that appears at dawn {planet Venus as morning star} is Hsang Sa himself, for he waited at home until dawn, but went out after his wife failed to appear." {cf. also [Aztec] planet-Venus god Tlahuizcalpan-tecuhtli the archer}

70

Hsan Sa’s __

became __

in order to eat Grandma Gha’s __

horses

snout-moth larvae

rice

swans

aphids

vegetables

198, n. 6

Grandma Gha is described as a goddess "living in the sky." {if she likewise is a planet, she may be Mars or Jupiter}