Appendices. Appendix Viii. Extract : * "Mythical Monsters", by Charles Gould, [1886], p. 398 APPENDIX VIII. EXTRACT FROM THE "YUEN KEEN LEI HAN." THE DRAGON.--CHAP. I. The "Shwoh Win" says: "The dragon is the chief of scaly reptiles: in the spring he mounts the heavens, in the autumn he frequents the streams. This is favourable."...
Chapter V. On The Translation Of Myths Between : * "Mythical Monsters", by Charles Gould, [1886], p. 137 CHAPTER V. ON THE TRANSLATION OF MYTHS BETWEEN THE OLD AND THE NEW WORLD. INTERCOURSE between various parts of the old world and the new was probably much more intimate even three or four thousand years ago than we, or at all events our...
Chapter Vii. The Chinese Dragon : * "Mythical Monsters", by Charles Gould, [1886], p. 212 CHAPTER VII. THE CHINESE DRAGON. WE now approach the consideration of a country in which the belief in the existence of the dragon is thoroughly woven into the life of the whole nation. Yet at the same time it has developed into such a medley...
Chapter Iv. The Deluge Not A Myth : * "Mythical Monsters", by Charles Gould, [1886], p. 101 CHAPTER IV. THE DELUGE NOT A MYTH. IF we assume that the antiquity of man is as great, or even approximately as great, as Sir Charles Lyell and his followers affirm, the question naturally arises, what has he been doing during those countless...
Appendices. Appendix Iii. Original Preface : * "Mythical Monsters", by Charles Gould, [1886], p. 384 APPENDIX III. ORIGINAL PREFACE TO "WONDERS BY LAND AND SEA" ("SHAN HAI KING"). The Classic containing "Wonders by Land and Sea" has been praised by all who have read it, for its depth, greatness, far sightedness and completeness; since...
Chapter Viii. The Japanese Dragon : * "Mythical Monsters", by Charles Gould, [1886], p. 248 FIG. 60--VIGNETTE. (After Hoksai.) CHAPTER VIII. THE JAPANESE DRAGON. THERE is but little additional information as to the dragon to be gained from Japan, the traditions relating to it in that country having been obviously derived from Ch...
Preface : * "Mythical Monsters", by Charles Gould, [1886], PREFACE. THE Author has to express his great obligations to many gentlemen who have assisted him in the preparation of this volume, either by affording access to their libraries, or by furnishing or revising translations from the Chinese, and he...
Chapter Xi. The Chinese Phnix : * "Mythical Monsters", by Charles Gould, [1886], p. 366 CHAPTER XI. THE CHINESE PHNIX. FROM the date of the earliest examination of the literature of China, it has been customary among Sinologues to trace a fancied resemblance between a somewhat remarkable bird, which occupies an important...
Chapter I. On Some Remarkable Animal Forms : * "Mythical Monsters", by Charles Gould, [1886], p. 31 CHAPTER I. ON SOME REMARKABLE ANIMAL FORMS. THE reasoning upon the question whether dragons, winged snakes, sea-serpents, unicorns, and other so-called fabulous monsters have in reality existed, and at dates coeval with man, diverges...
Appendices. Appendix V. After Preface : * "Mythical Monsters", by Charles Gould, [1886], p. 390 APPENDIX V. AFTER PREFACE TO THE "BOOK OF WONDERS BY LAND AND SEA." In the sayings of the philosopher Tso, the following remarks may be found: "Virtue existed during the times of the Hsia dynasty; drawings of all animals far and wide were...
Appendices. Appendix I. The Deluge Traditi : * "Mythical Monsters", by Charles Gould, [1886], p. 375 APPENDICES. APPENDIX I. THE DELUGE TRADITION ACCORDING TO BEROSUS. * "Obarts Elbaratutu being dead, his son Xisuthros (Khasisatra) reigned eighteen sares (64,800 years). It was under him that the great Deluge took place, the history of which...
Appendices. Appendix Iv. A Memorial Presented : * "Mythical Monsters", by Charles Gould, [1886], p. 388 APPENDIX IV. A MEMORIAL PRESENTED BY LIU HSIU, BY ORDER OF HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY THE EMPEROR, ON THE "BOOK OF WONDERS BY LAND AND SEA." The Memorialist, an officer of the Fourth Rank and Charioteer to His Majesty the Emperor, having received...
Chapter Iii. Antiquity Of Man : * "Mythical Monsters", by Charles Gould, [1886], p. 78 CHAPTER III. ANTIQUITY OF MAN. I DO not propose to bestow any large amount of space upon the enumeration of the palontological evidence of the antiquity of man. The works of the various eminent authors who have devoted themselves...
Chapter X. The Unicorn : * "Mythical Monsters", by Charles Gould, [1886], p. 338 CHAPTER X. THE UNICORN. A BELIEF in the unicorn, like that in the dragon, appears to have obtained among both Eastern and Western authors, at a very early period. In this case, however, it has survived the revulsion from a fatuous confidence...
Appendices. Appendix Ii. The Dragon : * "Mythical Monsters", by Charles Gould, [1886], p. 377 APPENDIX II. THE DRAGON. LIANIIS DE NATUR ANIMALIUM. BOOK II. Ch. 26. The dragon [which is perfectly fearless of beasts], when it hears the noise of the wings of an eagle, immediately conceals itself in hiding-places. BOOK II. Ch. 21. thiopi...
Chapter Vi. The Dragon : * "Mythical Monsters", by Charles Gould, [1886], p. 158 FIG. 32.--MURAL TABLET, TEMPLE OF LONGEVITY, CANTON. p. 159 CHAPTER VI. THE DRAGON. "Draco", OR FLYING LIZARD FROM SINGAPORE. ("After N. B. Dennys".)"> FIG. 33.--"Draco", OR FLYING LIZARD FROM SINGAPORE. ("After N. B. Dennys".) THE dragon is...
Chapter Ii. Extinction Of Species : * "Mythical Monsters", by Charles Gould, [1886], p. 42 CHAPTER II. EXTINCTION OF SPECIES. IN reviewing the past succession of different forms of ancient life upon the globe, we are reminded of a series of dissolving views, in which each species evolves itself by an imperceptible gradati...
Chapter Ix. The Sea Serpent : * "Mythical Monsters", by Charles Gould, [1886], p. 260 CHAPTER IX. THE SEA-SERPENT. On the dark bottom of the great salt lake Imprisoned lay the giant snake, With naught his sullen sleep to break. "Poets of the North", "Oelenschlaeger." Translated by Longfellow. THAT frank writer, Montaigne, says...
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Appendices. Appendix Ix. Appendix : * "Mythical Monsters", by Charles Gould, [1886], p. 405 APPENDIX IX. APPENDIX TO THE CHAPTER ON THE SEA-SERPENT. THE SHAN. * "The "Shn" belongs to the snake species." "The "Tsah Ping Shu" (Work on Military Science) says: 'In drilling an army, when you arrange it like the "Shn" expelling its breath...
Appendices. Appendix Vii. Extracts : * "Mythical Monsters", by Charles Gould, [1886], p. 394 APPENDIX VII. EXTRACTS FROM THE "PAN TSAOU KANG MU." THE KIAO-LUNG. (The four-footed coiled Dragon. The Iguanodon. --"Eitel".) This animal, according to Shi Chan, belongs to the dragon family. Its eye-brows are crossed, hence its name...
Introduction : * "Mythical Monsters", by Charles Gould, [1886], p. 1 MYTHICAL MONSTERS. INTRODUCTION. IT would have been a bold step indeed for anyone, some thirty years ago, to have thought of treating the public to a collection of stories ordinarily reputed fabulous, and of claiming for them the considerati...
Appendices. Appendix Vi. Extracts From Social : * "Mythical Monsters", by Charles Gould, [1886], p. 392 APPENDIX VI. EXTRACTS FROM "SOCIAL LIFE OF THE CHINESE," BY JUSTUS DOOLITTLE. Ch. II., p. 264. "The dragon holds a remarkable position in the history and government of China. It also enjoys an ominous eminence in the affections of the Chinese...
