rth again with the
sorcerers. And he had the songs which he had heard on the moon written
down and sung to the accompaniment of flutes of jasper in his
pear-tree garden.

Note: This fairy-tale is traditional. The archer Hou I
(or Count I, the Archer-Prince, comp. Dschuang Dsi), is
placed by legend in different epochs. He also occurs in
connection with the myths regarding the moon, for one
tale recounts how he saved the moon during an eclipse by
means of his arrows. The Queen-Mother is Si Wang Mu
(comp. with No. 15). The Tang dynasty reigned 618-906
A.D. "The Spreading Halls of Crystal Cold": The goddess
of the ice also has her habitation in the moon. The hare
in the moon is a favorite figure. He grinds the grains
of maturity or the herbs that make the elixir of life.
The rain-toad Tschan, who has three legs, is also placed
on the moon. According to one version of the story,
Tschang O took the shape of this toad.

[Illustration: "BESIDE IT STOOD A CASSIA-TREE."
--_Page 54_]

XX

THE MORNING AND THE EVENING STAR

Once upon a time there were two stars, sons of the Golden King of the
Heavens. The one was named Tschen and the other Shen. One day they
quarreled, and Tschen struck Shen a terrible blow. Thereupon both
stars made a vow that they would never again look upon each other. So
Tschen only appears in the evening, and Shen only appears in the
morning, and not until Tschen has disappeared is Shen again to be
seen. And that is why people say: "When two brothers do not live
peaceably with one another they are like Tschen and Shen."

Note: Tschen and Shen are Hesperus and Lucifer, the
morning and evening stars. The tale is told in its
traditional form.

XXI

THE GIRL WITH THE HORSE'S HEAD OR THE SILKWORM GODDESS

In the dim ages of the past there once was an old man who went on a
journey. No one remained at home save his only daughter and a white
stallion. The daughter fed the horse day by day, but she was lonely
and yearned for her father.

So it happened that one day she said in jest to the horse: "If you
will bring back my father to me then I will marry you!"

No sooner had the horse heard her say this, than he broke loose and
ran away. He ran until he came to the place where her father was. When
her father saw the horse, he was pleasantly surprised, caught him and
seat