p.

#

Branch

{comparative}

151

1^st

"footsteps of the ancient shamans."

footprints of Xiuh-tecuhtli

2^nd

"liberated from ... all worries"

Itztli (‘Knife’) to cut free

3^rd

"insight about what your life purpose is"

152

4^th

"peace"

5^th

"all your helper spirits are singing like birds."

skull-headed bird (CBM & CF-M)

6^th

"the gol" (dream-whirlpool connecting into the divine world)

{Vad.ava is, specifically, the divine whirlpool}

7^th

"You ... are a bird".

owl in temple (CF-M, Boone p. 98)

8^th

"you see ... Altan Hadaas, the pole star" ["The rotation of this star led to the creation of the Has Temdeg, a swastika symbol." (RW)]

Tlazol-teotl, goddess to whom the sacramental confession of sins (PS, p. 476, n. 384) is made {in the Parivrajya Vrata, the SWASTIKA asana is used for "confession of sins" (BCh, p. 81)}

9^th

"you have reached the hole in the sky, the gate to the upper world. It is like the smoke hole of the teepee. [I.e., at the zenith] Stand up and look through the hole to the place beyond the heavens."

Tlaloc standing upright and craning his neck to look upwards (CF-M, Boone p. 98)

p.

#

Degree

{comparative}

233

1^st

"making ceremonial fires."

Xiuh-tecuhtli is fire-god

2^nd

"is washed with the waters"

Itztli’s wading in pool (CBM)

234

3^rd

"is able to perform marriages."

Piltzin-tecuhtli, known for his romantic relationship with goddess Xochi-quetzal

4^th

"a chest to store" objects within

Cen-teotl, god of maize (to be stored in siloes)

5^th

Mictlan-tecuhtli, ruler of the dead

235

6^th

"horse’s head."

+Chalchihuitl-icue, the water-goddess {cf. Vad.ava the water-mare-goddess}

7^th

+Tlazol-teotl

8^th

"jingle cones"

Tepe-yollotl the echo-god

9^th

"transport himself"

Tlaloc standing upon a swimming crocodile (CF-M, Boone p. 98)

Mongol

Aztec

Cherokee

Tlaloc (grasping its breath) stood upon a swimming crocodile.

Br’er Rabbit rode upon a swimming alligator.

The idol of Tlaloc was coated with the plant-resin "liquid rubber" (G).

Br’er Rabbit became stuck into the Tar Baby (originally a resin-doll).

Blue fire (of Butterfly-deity) in Lower World (RMSh, p. 85).

["from the South a blue fire" (Creek – NA, p. 65)] [Petroleum, tar, and resin combust with a blue flame.]

cf. the blue fire stolen for humans by the Algonkin rabbit-god (Manaboz^o) from fire-hoarding deities.

Aztec

Nansemond [tribe in Maryland] (TNAI, Vol. III)

Astika

goggle-eyed god Tlaloc

description of Abamoc^o, the Spirit of Evil : "His eyes, which were very large, were of the colour of the green far-eyes [spectacles] with which the pale faces survey distant objects, and stood out so far from the head".

goggle-eyed god Jagat-natha

crocodile’s grasped breath (= treasure-spirit’s "breath ... in blue flames" at Liberty Island, M&LOOL)

Abamoc^o’s daughter, the female Rattlesnake whose dowry included treasure of much wampum, had a "blue fire" in her lodge. She is stated to give chase to the "toad" {wherewith cf. the Snake-deity who in the Popol Vuh swallowed a Toad-deity which had swallowed the divine Louse-messenger, whose message may = Aztec crocodile’s breath}.

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Mongol 28 animals (M&EC, Table 43)

Chinese omen-prodigies (AO&M, pp. 136-143)

1. Yohor ["circle" to raise a "spiral of energy" (p. 257)]

12.

8. {in a folktale from Lombardy, a whirlwind transported to a "white fox" (C&C).}

2. Bear ["Bear, associated with the east, is conductor of souls on their way to the lower world after death." (p. 243)]

10. Bear

9. red Bear

9. Peafowl

10. 9-tailed

8-7. Snake

11. white Deer {cf. Mixtec Deer-Snake god}

3. Goat

6. Goat

12. 3-horned beast {cf. "three-horned goat" (W7) = "Master Leonard" (DPh&F; DG s.v. "goat’)}

5. Pig

13. 1-horned beast {cf. in Kantha Puran.a "single horned Pig" (KS) = Varaha (E&C-HP)}

4. Wolf

2. Hound

18. white Wolf

1. Monkey

20. silver jar {cf. in Borneo, catching a "monkey, who has his hand jammed in the jar." (MB)}

5. Eagle

25. azure Crow

6. "breaking the horse"

26. Horse

29. "felicity cloud" {cf. Nephele ‘Cloud’ who gave birth to Kentauros (½ horse, ½ man) (GM 63.d)}

25. Mule

31. Dipper-star {Is this the star whereof Bil<am prophesied, "There shall step forth a star" (B-Midbar 24:17) : this he uttered because his she-ass had rebuked him (B-Midbar 22:28).}

24. Sheep

34. golden carriage {cf. sheep having golden fleece (GM 148.g)}

23. Mule

35. 3-legged crow {cf. in Zend-Avesta, 3-legged mythic ass}

7. Bee

22. Owl {cf. at Knossos, "owl sitting at the entrance to a cellar, frightening away a swarm of bees" (GM 90.d).}

37. White Crow {cf. the white crow (GM 50.b) of princess Coronis, who was violated by (GM 50.5) Boutes "the bee-master" (GM 148.i)}

21. Horse

39. jade Horse

20. Deer {cf. Norse mythic deer which grazed on foliage of the tree Eik-tyrnir (‘Oak-thorny’, i.e. acacia)}

40. tree-root {cf. tree which, if stung by bee-bird Qin-yuan, would wither (HChM, p. 161)}

19. Hyaina {the Buda hyaina-folk of Abysinnia are of the tribe of (HP) Dan= S^uh.am : /s^uh.ah/ ‘chasm’}

41. white Pigeon {cf. pigeon released to fly in front of the Argo betwixt 2 cliffs (GM 151.a). In an African folktale, the medicine-bag carried by Hyaina caused a fall "into a gully" (M&F).}

18. Lion {cf. "Green Lion" of European alchemy}

42. Jade Goat (Khimaira ‘Nanny-goat’ (GM, vol. 2, p. 386a) was lioness-headed (GM 75.b)}

17. Peafowl [usually green]

43. "jade rooster"

16. Monkey

50. golden Man swimming {golden-skinned Tirthankara?}

15.

65.

14. Tigre

66. West Queen Mother (= White Tigress)

8. Grouse

67. white Pheasants

13. Deer

71. transparent Deer

Buryat nadaan

Japanese 36 animals (M&EC, Table 40)

Malay rejan-s (M&EC, Table 42)

3. Goat

11. She-goat

34. Pig

16. Pig

4. Wolf

33-1. Wolf

5. Eagle

23. Falcon

17. Falcon

6. breaking-in a horse [aequivalent to dwarfing it]

19. Horse

26. Dwarf Deer

7. Bee

16. Jellyfish [stinging, like bee]

27. Owl

15. Oyster [producing iridescent pearl, cf. "green rainbow" in Book of Chilam Balam]

28. Green Pigeon [cf. rainbow for pigeon of Noh.]

14. Fish

29.

13. Shark

30.

12. Dragon

31.

Chinese omen-prodigies (AO&M, pp. 142-145)

Aztec 20 day-signs

60. insecticidal herb

4. Lizard (feeding on insects) [Yucatec Kan ‘Ripe’ alluding to ripening of fruits made possible by extermination of fruit-devouring insects]

65. swinging water-well

5. Snake (which can be slung or swung) {cf. Hindu allegory of snake in cistern}

68-9. (various deficiencies)

6. Death

71. transparent Deer

7. Deer

74. flying Rabbit

8. Rabbit

82. Yellow-River "essence" = Human-headed Fish

9. Water

83. herb

10. Hound {cf. Kic^e` Coyote-god’s abduction of Maize-god}

84. big shell

11. Monkey [often depicted with curled belly {cf. curled snail or conch}]

85. herb

12. Twisted (an herb)

86. wine-springs

13. Reed {cf. use of bamboo as vessel wherefrom to drink}

87. sun-and-moon

14. Ocelot {according to the Mei-ge epic of the Yi, "The tiger’s ... left eye became the sun, Its right eye became the moon." (RT, p. 367)}

88. mushroom-flower {mushrooms flourish where lightning hath stricken, in Hellenic lore}

15. Eagle {source of lightning, in North American Indian lore}

89. emerald {in "emerald" sphaire, "birds spread their wings" (Mother of Books -- in GB, p. 680)}

16. Vulture

90. inexhaustible jar

17. highland Maya aequivalent to Aztec "Earthquake" is incense (BY, Table 15c) {incense is an item which may be contained in an inexhaustible jar; cf. the inexhaustible oil in widow’s jar (MLKYM B 4:1-6)}

91. carriage of mountain

17. Earthquake

92. rhinoceros {"Pangu is the rhinoceros" (RT, p. 375); his "bones became ... stones" (ibid., p. 373).}

18. Flint

93. black cinnabar

19. Pipil Ayotl (‘Turtle’) {the Chinese Tortoise-god is black}

94. tripod

20. Kic^e` Hunahpu (‘Huntsman’) {huntsmen may use a tripod in order to steady their aim.}

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varn.a-s (in India)

white

white (brahmin)

blue

red

red (ks.atriya)

green

yellow

yellow (vais`ya)

black

black (s`udra)