Vaidik sacrificial animals-------rejan-s----------Chinese deities--Maya
deity |
animal |
animal |
Mah-Meri / Jah-He^t |
Nei P'ien |
day-name |
5. Vyaghra "tiger" |
3. harima tiger |
1:1. tiger |
9. leopard |
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6. "men" |
monkey |
11. monkey |
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7. "falcon" |
quail |
12. thrush |
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10. "ocean" |
crocodile |
10. crocodile |
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12. Praja-pati |
ape |
15. monkey |
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13. Dhatr. |
lion & cat |
4. kuc^in cat |
14. leopard |
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15. Pus.an [who trampled 2-headed hound in pit] |
wild goat |
11. kambin goat |
23. double-headed |
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17. Apam Napat "grandson of waters" |
fish |
15. ikan fish |
24. fish |
3:2. fish |
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21. Vayu |
woodpecker |
17. woodpecker |
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22. "the quarters" |
lovebird (cakravaka) |
18. momote-bird |
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26. Krodha "wrath" |
viper |
28. (who "bites with poisoned teeth") |
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29. "moon" |
human |
20. boys |
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30. Vr.ks.a-s "trees" |
2. plumeria tree |
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32. +Ratri "night" |
30. night |
3. night |
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34. [? Vi]Dhatr. |
crab |
3:3. crab |
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39. Apsaras-es |
house-lizard (kun.d.r.n.aci) |
4. [lizard] |
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44. "months" |
tortoise |
19. banin turtle |
4:2. tortoise |
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46. Br.has-pati |
cat |
32. cat |
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48. Pitr.-s "ghosts of the dead" |
24. jin ghost |
5:2. "genie" |
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51. +Nirr.ti |
owl |
27. jampok night-owl |
33. |
6. owl |
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53. Rudra |
deer |
6:3. fallow-deer |
7. [deer] |
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54. "arrow-shot" {cf. arrow in sea at Taj} |
34. sea |
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56. Anyatara-s "others" |
hound of 4 eyen |
31. 4 siblings ampat sudara |
9:1. hound |
8. deformed hound |
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57. "others" |
hyaena |
36. laughing |
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59. Antariks.a "atmosphaere" |
41. wind |
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60. Ap-s "waters" |
44. |
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63. Dyau "sky" |
vulture |
47. |
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66. Indra |
wolf |
52. wolf |
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67. Ap-s "waters" |
56. lake |
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Yajus Veda 5:5:11-21 |
loc. cit. |
Skeat, 1900 (Joe D. Stewart, PhD diss., Table 42) |
Roland Werner: Bomoh-Poyang. Kuala Lumpur, 1986. pp. 147-148 |
Ko Hung: Nei P'ien. Chapter 17. |
Libro de los Libros de Chilam Balam (Kelley & Moran, Fig. 19) |