Identifier: mythologyofallra08gray (find matches)
Title: The mythology of all races
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Gray, Louis H. (Louis Herbert), 1875-1955 Moore, George Foot, 1851-1931 MacCulloch, J. A. (John Arnott), 1868-1950
Subjects: Mythology
Publisher: Boston : Marshall Jones
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Fig. 59. The Goddess of Tai-shan,Niang Niang PLATE VI Chang Tao-lin, Taoist Patriarch See pp. 13 ff.
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FOLK-LORE 155 place at the rear of a certain temple where he suddenly cameupon a hidden treasure of gold. As soon as he awoke he wentto the place, dug a hole and discovered a large quantity of gold,each piece of which was marked with his own name. An oldman and woman are said to have appeared in a dream to thePrince of Yen who became the Emperor Yung Lo, 1403-1425A.D., of the Ming dynasty. He had just completed the buildingof the present city of Peking with its nine gates and magnificentpalaces. The people were loud in their praise of the beautyand strength of the city, and looked forward to a period ofgreat prosperity and peace. Unfortunately it was not longbefore a severe drought ensued and the wells were all driedup. The cause of the drought was reported by this old manand woman to have been the disturbance of the abode of twowater-dragons at Lei Chen Kou, a village to the east of Pekingoutside the Tung Pien Men. The dragons decided to gatherup all the water of the district in two

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