. The dragon, image, and demon; or, The three religions of China: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, giving an account of the mythology, idolatry, and demonolatry of the Chinese. Pantheon. minores; gods of heaven, and gods of hell; gods of theearth, sun, moon, and stars ; of thunder, lightning, wind,and rain ; of water, fire, wood, earth, and metal ; and of the 268 The Dragon, Image, and Demon. seas, rivers, mountains, hills, seasons, snow, frost, tides,trees, and flowers. There are Indian gods and Chinese gods;and gods, demigods, Buddhas, Bodhisattwas, immortals,fairies, ancestors, emperors,
. The dragon, image, and demon; or, The three religions of China: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, giving an account of the mythology, idolatry, and demonolatry of the Chinese. Pantheon. minores; gods of heaven, and gods of hell; gods of theearth, sun, moon, and stars ; of thunder, lightning, wind,and rain ; of water, fire, wood, earth, and metal ; and of the 268 The Dragon, Image, and Demon. seas, rivers, mountains, hills, seasons, snow, frost, tides,trees, and flowers. There are Indian gods and Chinese gods;and gods, demigods, Buddhas, Bodhisattwas, immortals,fairies, ancestors, emperors, sages, heroes, waniors, states-men, dragons, devils, demons, and spirits are Gods ill the Clouds. There are 500 disciples of Buddha, 500 disciples of Con-fucius, 72 masters, 60 cycle deities, and 36 prime ministersto be sacrificed to. There are good gods and bad gods;city gods and country gods; the gods of the door, thekitchen, the city wall, the theatre, and the prison. Thecarpenters have their gods an 1 the fishermen theirs; so The Idolatry of Buddhism. 269 has the silk merchant and the saloon keeper. Horses,cows, sheep, snakes, and lice have each their presidingdeities, and so have fire-crackers and fertilisers. Pesti-lence, medicine, small-pox, and measles have a host ofgods. The eye, ear, nose, tongue, teeth, heart, liver,throat, hands, feet, and skin have each a special god. Abridge, a bed, a compass, happiness, tea, and salt havetheir presiding deities. At Yangchow there is a templewith 10,000 gods. Some gods are of stone, others are of wood, clay, andbronze. There are images, pictures, and tablets. Thereare white gods, black gods, yellow gods, and red
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