73
Note: Boldface page numbers
indicate illustrations.
Abrams, Simon, 67–68
animated films, 65–66
The Archer and the Suns
(film),
66
archer god (Yi), 39, 45, 66
Baxia (dragon type), 55
Ba Xian (Eight Immortals),
36–38,
37
The Beautiful Female Fox
(film),
66
Bi’an (dragon type), 55
Bio-Zombie
(film), 68
Birrell, Anne, 12, 16, 33, 44,
58
Bixi (dragon type), 55
Black Dragon, 54, 56
Bowker, John, 22
Budai (laughing Buddha), 21
Buddha, Gautama, 21
Buddhism, 18, 20, 21
Caishen (god of wealth), 14
Candle Dragon, 56–57
The Case of Walking Corpses
(film), 68
Chang’e (moon god), 35
Chinese civilization
early pockets of, 12
gods as overseers of, 14–
16
myths and creation of, 23,
34
rise of, 11
Chinese mythology
fragmentary approach of
tellers of, 33
mixture of older and newer
tales in, 12
social values based on, 21,
64, 65, 68
Chiwen (dragon type), 55
The Classic of Mountains and
Seas,
50
Confucianism, 18, 20–21
Confucius,
19
, 20–21
creation myths, 23–24
Nuwa and first humans,
26–28
Pangu and the cosmic egg,
24–26,
25
Pangu’s mythical creatures
and, 27
creator god (Pangu), 24,
25
animal helpers of, 27
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