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