Na-xi (Na-hsi) religion
Chapter 2
p. 33 clan-names (Table 2.1)
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in Na-khi |
in Hli-khin |
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Ssu |
Ssi |
|
Ho |
Hu |
|
Yu |
Ya |
|
Ma: |
A: |
p. 44; p. 333 n. 8:33 lineages as eggs
|
name |
meaning |
direction |
|
gv ndza |
spotted egg |
central |
|
gv ho: |
red egg |
west |
|
gv har |
green egg |
south |
|
p. 333 n. 8:33 (gv ha: Mo-so?) |
(yellow egg) |
(north) |
|
p. 333 n. 8:33 (gv p>er Mo-so ?) |
(white egg) |
(east) |
Chapter 5
p. 154 (Table 5.1) general topographic associative dyads
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dyad |
association |
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tiger & leopard |
mountains |
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feral-swine & bear |
forest |
|
fox & wildcat |
wasteland |
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otter & fish |
ponds |
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deer & muskdeer |
slopes |
|
antlered-deer & serow |
snow-range |
|
stone- & Amherst- pheasant |
valleys |
|
crane & eagle |
mountain-top |
|
snake & frog |
water |
p. 157 specifics for parts of body
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for the __ |
specific |
reason |
|
head |
conch-shell |
shape of head |
|
tooth-ache |
cowry-shell |
shape of mouth with teeth |
|
eye |
black seed |
pupil |
|
tongue |
silk |
[pupa in shape of tongue] |
|
hand |
groundcover-orchid |
shape of hand |
|
stomach |
milk & butter |
[taken with hot spices] |
|
ear |
flint |
[noisy flint-chipping] |
|
ribs |
antler |
tines |
|
foot |
ginger |
[in ground] |
|
lungs |
honey |
wheezing like bees |
Chapter 8 = Tso mber ssaw "The Descent of Man"
p. 212 from vapor dew, from dew, drops
|
__ drop |
drop fell on __ |
__ was born |
this is __ |
of __ |
|
1st |
cliff |
juniper |
maternal uncle |
Heaven |
|
2nd |
oak |
mother's mother (p. 213) |
Earth |
|
|
3rd |
yellow lake |
first human |
p. 216 entry via the 9 gates of the "great house" {cf. [Kemetian] pr <3 "great house"}
|
description |
repraesentation |
p. 219 exit |
|
3 male slaves herding cattle |
go-pala-s |
|
|
3 female slaves as messengers (duti-s) |
tantrika duti-s |
|
|
silvern gates & golden gates |
portcullis & gate ? |
3 golden gates opened by bride; 3 silvern gates opened by mother-in-law |
|
pine & oak |
forest |
|
|
cattle & sheep |
herds |
|
|
silvern door-bolt & golden latch |
locking-mechanism |
|
|
upper: father sitting & son standing |
male lineage |
1 gate |
|
inner: mother sitting & father standing |
female lineage |
1 gate |
|
upper: a man sitting & his HO ("semen virile") standing |
sexuality |
1 gate |
p. 218 the 7 gifts from father-in-law for departure from the great house
|
gift |
for bridegroom: 9 composed of __, or for __ |
for bride: 7 composed of __, or for __ |
|
clothing |
tigerskin |
sheepskin |
|
cups |
silver |
gold |
|
also cups |
turquoise |
carnelian |
|
horses |
riding- |
pack- |
|
oxen |
plough- |
harrow- |
|
shamans |
dto-mba-s |
llu:-bu-s |
|
slaves |
male |
female |
p. 219 led, animals for distinguishing
|
animal |
which could distinguish between __ & __ |
|
white goat |
buckwheat & other grain |
|
white hound |
inside & outside (p. 222 friends & strangers) |
|
black chicken |
day & night {cf. ritual use of black chicken in Borneo} |
p. 222 journey by newly-weds across sky
|
dew of __ {cf. "thy dew is a dew of lights"} |
is __ |
|
stars {cf. descendants as stars, in Torah} |
pear-fruit on pear-tree [viz., their future descendants-to-be, as viewed in Daoist seance] |
|
invisible sun |
fatherhood |
|
invisible moon |
motherhood |
pp. 222-223 coming down of newly-weds from heaven to the earth
|
from village of __ |
coming down by way of __ |
comparative |
|
silver horns |
silver ladder |
[Iban] ladder in west of initial world of the dead, for descent to mountain of another world below |
|
golden eyen |
golden chain |
[Iban] chain in east of initial world of the dead, for ascent to mountain of another world above |
p. 223 praeparation of the earth for inhabitation
|
land-measuring rod of __ |
was obstructed by __ |
|
silver (by husband) |
clouds |
|
gold (by wife) |
lake |
|
offering of __ |
to the __ |
|
3 slabs of butter |
"Heaven on high" |
|
3 measures of wheaten flour {cf. communion-wafer} |
Naga-s & dragons {serpent (s`rap) in wilderness = Son of Man} |
p. 223 offerings of spring-water (from Kailasa)
|
toward the __ |
so that the __ |
flew away in the form of a __ |
disclosing behind / under them __ |
|
sky |
clouds |
crane |
starry sky |
|
earth |
waters |
duck |
grasslands |
|
became |
|||
|
left |
sun |
red & hot |
|
|
right |
moon |
bright |
p. 224 this is aftermath of deluge sent by deities to punish incest
p. 224 the offerings to Muan-zo, that ndshi (leopard) & wolf not be sent
|
at __ |
of __ |
|
top of Black Mountain |
antlered deer |
|
halfway on Black Mountain |
black musk-deer |
|
foot of Black Mountain |
red-feeted eared-pheasant |
|
White Mountain |
black poplar |
|
Black Valley |
white-rooted Artemisia |
|
dry land |
rapeturnip |
|
hemp-field |
hemp-blossom |
|
nigh village |
white chicken & speckled cow |
p. 225 "He descended and also his semen."
p. 225 obtaining cure for non-conception of progeny
|
for __ (duration of time) |
activity |
|
3 years + 3 months |
married couple produced no offspring |
|
9 days |
consulted books (of divination) |
|
7 days |
consulted llu:-ba (sorceress) |
p. 226 after consultations advised to seek nnu: "semen" & o "conception of embryo by mother", then --
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"sent ... Dzi-boa-dzi-lv (the bat) ... to obtain the nnu: (semen); |
and they arrived at the father-in-law's place; |
|
... desiring o" |
"they arrived ... before the mother-in-law". |
{Likewise, in the [Mos.il-indited] 1001 Nights the bat is the bringer of semen virile.}
p. 229-230 origin of languages & tribes
|
sons |
p. 230 their livestock |
plant-product |
comparative |
|
p. 229 "they saw a horse eating a [rape]turnip, whereupon they could speak" |
[horse] |
[rape-turnip] |
{cf. talking ass of Bil<am} |
|
p. 230 1st son, speaking Bodish, went to "the foot of the white hills" |
half-breed yaks |
birch-bark books |
[= Sa-skya "earth white" ?] |
|
youngest son, La:-bbu, went to "the end of the shepherds' road" |
water-buffaloes |
incense |
{incense, as in Meluhha = H.ad.ramawt} |
|
middle son, Na-khi |
cattle & sheep |
wild-leek |
{cf. leek as national plant of Wales} |
p. 237 clan eponyms (Table 8.9)
|
clan |
meaning |
eponym |
son |
killed by son |
residence (Table 8.8) |
|
Ssu |
grass |
goral |
Ssa:-lv |
swine |
silver rock [mica ?] |
|
Ho |
galaxy |
bear |
Gv-bpu |
bear |
black rock [Mecca ?] |
|
Ma: |
varnish-tree |
tiger |
La-t>u |
tiger |
white |
|
Yu |
yak's tree |
yak |
Mber-bbu |
mountains |
p. 238 clan-mascots (Table 8.10)
|
clan |
mascot: white __ |
clan-color |
|
Yu |
eagle |
blue |
|
Ssu |
hawk |
black |
|
Ma: |
unicorn |
white |
|
Ho |
yak |
yellow |
Chapter 9 = Ssu "Life god" (ssu = [Bodish] srog "life", p. 249)
the 3 souls of each human
|
ord. # |
during life |
after death |
|
1st |
tutelary deity (p. 244) |
[horse ridden along road in world of the dead ?] |
|
2nd |
shadow (p. 244) |
bones (p. 246) {cf. [South American Indian] bone-soul} |
|
3rd |
bodily soul (p. 244) |
frog-headed snake spirit (p. 246) |
p. 250 the serpent-spirit clans (Tables 9.1 & 9.2)
|
residence |
symbolic # |
description |
rank |
|
water |
9 |
caelestial |
royalty |
|
trees |
7 |
terrestrial |
snake-legged humanoids (p. 249) {cf. Gigantes depicted at Pergamos} |
|
cliffs |
5 |
mountain |
the victorious [of Ngaw, Spirits of Victory (p. 252 = Diagram 9.3] |
|
land |
3 |
valley |
the courageous |
|
nigh village |
1 |
house |
commoners |
Appendix 1
pp. 282-284 names of tribes
|
own name |
name in Chinese |
name in Na-khi texts |
|
|
p. 282 northern P>u |
P>[r]on-me |
Hsi-fan |
Boa |
|
southern P>u |
T>o-la-da |
[O:] |
|
|
Mo-so |
Muan-ssu |
Ju-k>u |
Z^o-gu |
|
p. 283 Min-c^ia |
P>er "white" [-ts>u] |
Pai[-man, -jen, -i] |
La:-bbu (p. 284) |
|
p. 283 Na-khi |
Wu-man |
Na |
RELIGION AND SOCIETY, 8 = Anthony Jackson: Na-khi Religion. Mouton Publishers, The Hague, 1979.