Polar Star, as “Pivot of Sky”, [232];
as Babylonian god, [232];
as Chinese god, [232].
Polynesia, ancient mariners reach, [45];
bird-god and serpent-god in, [71];
Cosmic Egg in, [348];
dragon of, [50], [51];
dragon of, and pearls, [51];
dragon of, and Babylonian, [78];
dragon of, and Chinese, [67];
“Fire nail” legend of, [84];
Garden Paradise of, [380];
Paradise of chiefs, [381];
ghosts go westward, [121];
myth of separation of Heaven and Earth in, [348];
Tree of Life in, [135];
wandering ghosts in, [132];
well of life in, [119], [120];
connection with America, [120].
Polynesian gods, Chinese dragons and, [48];
birds, beasts, and reptiles as, [48];
in sea shells, [48];
protectors of fisheries, [49].
Polynesians, Egyptian boats of, [33];
long voyages of, [33].
Poosa (see [Kwan-yin]).
Pot, the Mother, [16], [183], [187], [303];
Babylonian nig-gil-ma and, [245];
Chinese, [266];
Lotus and, [172].
Potters, male and female, [15].
Potter’s wheel, an Egyptian invention, [13];
China receives, [17];
Chinese same as Egyptian, [22];
in Babylonia and Persia, [22];
did not “evolve”, [17];
unknown in America, [18];
Japanese receive, [20];
Koreans and, [20], [21];
Ptah-Osiris and, [20];
sacred in Egypt, [19];
Biblical references to, [19];
Chinese Emperors and potters, [19]–[20];
went farther than inventors, [42].
Pottery and civilization, [14], [15].
Pottery, religious and secular, [18].