Gods of the Quarters. A god or spirit for each of the world-quarters, north, south, east, and west

Motif

Gods of the Quarters. A god or spirit for each of the world-quarters, north, south, east, and west.

Mythological motifs. · Gods. · Gods of the earth. · Local gods. · view the constellation · filed as A417

“The composition of the Ministry of Epidemics is arranged differently in different works as Epidemics (regarded as epidemics on earth, but as demons in Heaven) of the Centre, Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter, or as the marshals clothed in yellow, green, red, white, and blue respectively, or as the Officers of the East, West, South, and North, with two additional members: a Taoist who quells the plague, and the Grand Master who exhorts…”

— Myths & Legends of China, Chapter IX · served from our shelf

On our shelf — the index’s citations, resolved to served chapters

ChineseMyths & Legends of China, Chapter IXThompson cites: Werner 240. – Marshall Is.: Davenport 222

Scholars’ trail — 4references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

JapaneseAnesaki 243
ChineseWerner 240. – Marshall Is.: Davenport 222 → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter IX
American Indian*Alexander N. Am. 286 n. 31
MayaAlexander Lat. Am. 137.

Within the index

Filed under Local gods.

1 finer motif beneath it

Beast guardians of the four quarters

Filed beside it

Household gods City-gods God of roads (streets)God of boundaries God of clans or nations Deity of particular mountain. (Cf. A495.)Local gods – miscellaneous

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

God of the living and the dead in the otherworld God of healing Magic fan conquers enemy. (Cf. D1077.)Pursuit by magic fan. (Cf. D1077.)Magic object causes disease Person with half a body. As if body has been split in two

wander