Identifier: mythologyofall12gray (find matches)
Title: The Mythology of all races ..
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Gray, Louis Herbert, 1875- ed Moore, George Foot, 1851-1931, joint ed MacCulloch, J. A. (John Arnott), 1868-1950. joint ed
Subjects: Mythology
Publisher: Boston, Marshall Jones company
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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is alarmstruck at it with his sword, but the tortoise seized the weaponin its jaws, tore it from the Kings hands, and then dived tothe bottom of the lake and was never seen again. This matter-of-fact statement is very much expanded in thesecond story, which is, moreover, far more popular because it re-fers to legendary details of Annamese history that are the prideof all patriotic citizens. The hero of the tale is King Le-loi,who was the founder of the later Le Dynasty, and the time is PLATE X The Guardian of the Lake The raft, formed by binding two dugouts togetherand laying a bamboo platform across them, carriesthe image of Hpaung-daw-u round Yawng-hwcLake in the Southern Shan States. Hpaung-dawmeans Royal Raft, and the legend is that on it aKing of Burma flew through the air to visit outlyingparts of his dominions. The festival takes placeabout October at the end of the Buddhist vassa (secp. 279), and the guardians of the image are the Chiefand his Ministers of State. Cf. Plate XX.
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INDO-CHINESE MYTHS AND LEGENDS 303 laid about 1418 a. d., when the Chinese were still In occupa-tion of the country after the overthrow of the Tran Dynasty.At this time there was a young man in Hanoi who had heldsome appointment in the palace, but had been turned out intothe world when the Chinese took possession of Tongking. Hebecame a fisherman to gain a livelihood, although this was notat all the right thing for a Buddhist to do, and one day, whenhe had thrown his cast net into the Little Lake (so called todistinguish it from the Great Lake, which lies to the north ofthe town), he drew up, not a fish, but a large sword with abroad, strong blade which flashed out rays of lightning whenhe took it in his hand. At the same moment Le-loi, having asudden perception of divine command that was laid upon him,carefully concealed the sword and secretly sought to getsupporters for a popular rising against the Chinese. When hehad gained a sufficiently strong following, he declared openhostiliti

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