[40] De Groot’s The Religious System of China, Vol. I, p. 369. [↑]
[41] Chats on Oriental China (London, 1908). [↑]
[42] De Visser, The Dragon in China and Japan, p. 79. [↑]
[43] The Dragon in China and Japan, p. 112. [↑]
[44] A dragon appeared at the birth of Confucius. [↑]
[45] De Visser, The Dragon in China and Japan, p. 145. [↑]
CHAPTER VI
Bird and Serpent Myths
Culture Complexes in Dragon-lore—Polynesian Dragon Beliefs—Oceanic and African Fish-gods—Reptile Deities where no Reptiles are found—Chinese Dragons and Indian Nagas—Dragon-links between India, Tibet, China, and Japan—Birds and Snakes—Distribution of Egyptian “Winged Disk”—Horus and the “Secretary Bird”—Indian Mungoose supplants “Secretary Bird”—Mungoose form of God of Riches and Death—Bird and Serpent combined in Dragon—Babylonian Dragon was a combination of Eagle, Serpent, and Lion—Tree Forms of the Chinese Dragon, the Polynesian Mo-o, and the Indian Nagas—The Dragon, the Salmon, the Tree, and the “Thunder-bird”.