G
Garuda. See Lei Kung
Gems, Lake Of. Yao Ch’ih, [137]
Generalissimo-s. Canonized, [150] sq.; the three musical brothers, T’ien Chih-piao, T’ien Yüan-shuai, and T’ien Hung-i, [151]; Chiang Tzŭ-ya, [152] sq.
Genii. Hsi Wang Mu head of the, on K’un-lun Mountains, [137]
Gentry. Shên Shih; a social division, [28]
Geological Features, [19]
Giants. Legends of, [387]
God-s. Of China, [93] sq.; amuse themselves, [99]; marry, [99]; sin, [99]; punishment of the, [99]; die, [99]; super-triad of, [100]–[101]; Confucius not a, [102] sq.; shên general name for, [103]; stellar deities, [176] sq., [242]; constellations, planets, and stars abodes of, [192]; dragons, [208] sq.; battle of the, [320] sq.; of Agriculture, [165]; of the City, [165]; of the Cycles, [177]; of the Door, [165], [172] sq.; of Epidemics, [240] sq., [274]; of Exorcism, [248] sq.; of Fire, [236] sq.; the ‘Five Mountains,’ [242]; of Grasshoppers, [165]; of Hades, [120]; of Happiness, [165], [169]–[170], [177]; of the Immortals, [136]; of the Kitchen, [45], [128], [165], [166] sq.; of Literature, [104] sq., [177], [299]; local, t’u-ti, [165]; of Longevity, [165], [171]–[172], [177]; of Longevity and the Eight Immortals, [214] sq.; of Medicine, [247]–[248]; chief God of Rivers, [218]–[219]; River-god, marriage of the, [225] sq.; of Sailors, [165]; of Serpents, [165]; of Smallpox, [175]; of the Soil and Crops, [165]; of Thunder, [128], [198] sq.; of Time, [194] sq.; of War, [113] sq.; of the Waters, [208] sq.; of Wealth, [165], [170]–[171]; of the Wind, [204]–[205]; of the Year, [194]; names of numerous, [174]–[175]
Goddess-es. Earth-mother, [82], [109]–[110], [165]; of Lightning, [203]; of Mercy, [251] sq., and see also Kuan Yin; of Mulberry-trees and Silkworms, [168]–[169]; of the North Star, [144]–[145]; of Sailors, [165]; Old Mother of the Waters, [220] sq.; names of various, [174]–[175]
Golden Big Pint. See Chin Ta-shêng
Golden Cuirass, Mr. See Chin Chia
Golden Mother of the Tortoise, [136]
Golden-bearded Turtle. And Chun T’i, [324]
Gourd, The Magic, [347]
Government. General, [29] sq.; local, small scope of, [32]
Graduates. Legend of the five, [242] sq.
Grand Terminus, or Great Ultimate, [85]
Grasshoppers, God of, [165]
Grave, Fanning the. Story of Chuang Chou and the widow, [149]
Great Bear. Constellation; Wên Ch’ang and the, [105] sq.; the residence of the Fates, [176]
Great Bell, Casting of the. Legend of the, [394] sq.
Great Ultimate, or Grand Terminus, [85] Page 436
Green Lion. In Kuan Yin legend, [283]–[284], [285]–[286]
Guardian-s. Of Buddhist temple gates, [145]–[146]; of Taoist temple gates, [146] sq.; of Gate of Heaven, [305] sq.
Guardianship. Of the young, [26]