Chinese route of the dead------------------------Iban route of the dead
23. Prairies (ts'a-pou) |
3. "area of tall grass (lallang)" |
25. where reigneth sadness |
4. "sad" |
26. trail of crowd of Kuei |
10. "various races of people" |
27. paved route |
18. "crushed bones" [cf. human bones underlying elevated paved walkway of the Great Wall, of Ts'in dynasty] |
28. where risk being frozen on drinking water |
23. "Died from Drowning" |
32. garden where receive very good tea |
25. "drinking ... holding cups of tuba" |
33. where men kill domesticated beasts |
26. domesticated "fighting cocks" |
36. mountain of the decapitated |
27. "The Country of Headless Warriors" |
39. place of the slaughter of hounds |
30. "fierce hunting dogs" |
40. Bridge |
31. river "to be crossed by a borrowed boat." |
41. Inn of peaches & plums |
34. "Successful Paddy Farmers" |
42. Palace T'ong-piao Kong for statues of divinities [made of metals ?] |
35. country of smith-god [metals-worker] |
MEMOIRES DE L'INSTITUTE DES HAUTES ETUDES CHINOISES, Vol. 1. Hou Ching-Lang: Monnaies d'Offrande. College de France. pp. 76 to 77 |
Clayton H. Chu: The Three Worlds of Iban Shamanism. PhD diss, Columbia U., 1978. pp. 269 to 277 |
1st. Green Lion & Red Tiger |
Green Lion [& Red Lion] of European alchemy |
2nd. Buffalo-head & Horse-face |
Aurochs as Norse Run; ox-head in Hymis-kvida; head of Haya-griva (Tantrik) |
3rd. Hound of iron & Serpent of bronze [= p. 77, # 43] |
Ka^le_b "hound"; brazen serpent Nh.us^-ta^n, uplifted by Mo_s^eh |
4th . a judge & a little demon |
Kemetian BS the pygmy |
5th. a judge & a scribe |
Citra-gupta the scribe |
ibid., p. 78 |