Vaidik sacrificial animals-------rejan-s----------Chinese deities--Maya

deity

animal

animal

Mah-Meri / Jah-He^t

Nei P'ien

day-name

           

5. Vyaghra "tiger"

 

3. harima

tiger

 

1:1. tiger

9. leopard

6. "men"

monkey

     

11. monkey

7. "falcon"

quail

     

12. thrush

10. "ocean"

crocodile

 

10. crocodile

   

12. Praja-pati

ape

 

15. monkey

   

13. Dhatr.

lion & cat

4. kuc^in

cat

   

14. leopard

15. Pus.an [who trampled 2-headed hound in pit]

wild goat

11. kambin

goat

23. double-headed

   

17. Apam Napat "grandson of waters"

fish

15. ikan

fish

24. fish

3:2. fish

 

21. Vayu

woodpecker

     

17. woodpecker

22. "the quarters"

lovebird (cakravaka)

     

18. momote-bird

26. Krodha "wrath"

viper

 

28. (who "bites with poisoned teeth")

   

29. "moon"

human

     

20. boys

30. Vr.ks.a-s "trees"

       

2. plumeria tree

32. +Ratri "night"

   

30. night

 

3. night

34. [? Vi]Dhatr.

crab

   

3:3. crab

 

39. Apsaras-es

house-lizard (kun.d.r.n.aci)

     

4. [lizard]

44. "months"

tortoise

19. banin

turtle

 

4:2. tortoise

 

46. Br.has-pati

cat

 

32. cat

   

48. Pitr.-s "ghosts of the dead"

 

24. jin

ghost

 

5:2. "genie"

 

51. +Nirr.ti

owl

27. jampok

night-owl

33.

 

6. owl

53. Rudra

deer

   

6:3. fallow-deer

7. [deer]

54. "arrow-shot" {cf. arrow in sea at Taj}

   

34. sea

   

56. Anyatara-s "others"

hound of 4 eyen

31. 4 siblings

ampat sudara

 

9:1. hound

8. deformed hound

57. "others"

hyaena

 

36. laughing

   

59. Antariks.a "atmosphaere"

   

41. wind

   

60. Ap-s "waters"

   

44.

   

63. Dyau "sky"

vulture

 

47.

   

66. Indra

wolf

 

52. wolf

   

67. Ap-s "waters"

   

56. lake

   
           

Yajus Veda 5:5:11-21

loc. cit.

Skeat, 1900 (Joe D. Stewart, PhD diss., Table 42)

Roland Werner: Bomoh-Poyang. Kuala Lumpur, 1986.

pp. 147-148

Ko Hung: Nei P'ien. Chapter 17.

Libro de los Libros de Chilam Balam (Kelley & Moran, Fig. 19)