Ceremony of the proclamation of a Buddha

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Ceremony of the proclamation of a Buddha.

Religion. · Religious services. · Religious services – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as V88

“The Nunnery on Fire Seeing all these gods arrive to help the novice, the Superior, I Yu, held consultation with the choir-mistress, saying: "We assigned to the Princess the burdensome work of the kitchen because she refused to return to the world; but since she has entered on her duties the gods of the eight caves of Heaven have come to offer her fruit, Ch'ieh Lan sweeps the kitchen, the dragon has dug a well, the God of the Hearth and…”

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

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ChineseMyths & Legends of China, Chapter XThompson cites: Werner 271.

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ChineseWerner 271. → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter X

Within the index

Filed under Religious services – miscellaneous.

Filed beside it

Baptism Circumcision. (Cf. F81.3.)Hymns Excommunication Religious pilgrimages. (Cf. V84.3.)Sign of the Cross Christening Accidental calling on god's name held to outweigh a life of wickedness "Our Lady's Tumbler." A tumbler, turned monk, dances while others chant psalms. He is praising God in the only way he knows Religious dancing. (Cf. A1542.)Ritual bathing Study of Tora as religious service

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Blind god. Hödhr Goddess of mercy Animal as servant to man Animal as domestic servant Helpful tiger Transformation: man to tiger Transformation: instruments of torture to lotus flowers Magic object acquired as reward for religious austerities Magic peach Magic hairpin Magic waters and medicines Magic salve (ointment)

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