Rhinoceros horn, healing qualities of, [249];
jade and, [247];
Yang in, [248];
pearl fishers used, [249];
nocturnal luminosity of, [219], [249];
warm and cold, [249].
Rhinoceros, prototype of unicorn, [250];
herbs and, [250];
as Judgment Beast, [250].
Rip Van Winkles, the Chinese, [177]–[180].
River of Life, Polynesian belief regarding, [121];
Ganges as, [121];
Lethe as, [121].
Rush mats, magical use of, [85].
Rush patterns on jade, [85].
Russian Turkestan, Babylonian influence in, [202].
Sacrifices, human, in China, [290].
Salmon, worshipped by Ainu, [330];
as dragon in China, [76];
as dragon in Scotland, [75];
as Irish dragon, [77];
Loki as, [76].
“Salmon of Knowledge”, the Gaelic, [77].