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Page numbers in italics refer to figures, page numbers followed by n refer to footnotes (13n1), and page numbers followed by t refer to tables (265t).

Abbott, G.F. 70, 85, 122
Aboriginal Australians. see Australia
Achumawi 190, 198, 240
Adele 254
Adriani, Nikolaus 218, 233
Africa. see also individual countries
beliefs about dragon 171, 266, 271, 272
beliefs about rainbow 194, 198, 199, 254, 270, 271, 272, 273
draconic traits, summary of 264, 265t
origins of the dragon idea 18, 34
Rainbow Serpents 236, 237–238, 240, 264, 274
rainbow traits, summary of 264, 265t
sunshowers 246, 247
Afrikaans 247
afterlife. see bridges/paths, rainbows as
Aguaruna 151, 160, 207
Ahtna 167, 168
Aido Hwedo (African serpent) 199–200
Akolet 148
Alaska 143, 167, 203
Albanian 139, 145, 160
alchemy 102, 108, 122, 259, 269, 274
Algeria 246
Algonquian-speaking peoples 68, 119. see also individual ethnolinguistic groups
Alinei, Mario 149–150, 161, 244–245
Allen, Judy
Chac (Mayan elephant-headed rain god) 86
Chinese dragons 75, 95
enemies of dragons 71–72, 74
European dragons 259
nāgas 17, 74, 88, 106
origins of the dragon idea 30, 41–42, 53
plumed serpents 100–101
Allen, Louis A. 210
Alor 157
Alune 243
Amami Oshima 150
Americas, the. see Central America; North America; South America; United States; individual countries
Amharic 247
Amuesha 145, 160
Amuzgo 151, 160
anacondas 91, 151, 156, 237, 238. see also rainbows: as gigantic snakes/dragons
Andamanese 143, 159, 160, 199, 207, 236, 272
Andoni/Obolo 155, 161
Andres-Lopez, Antonio 60
androgyny. see also sex
of double rainbows 135–136, 178–179, 180, 181, 209, 269, 273
of dragons 26–27t, 58, 84, 91, 96–97, 101–103, 265t, 269
of rainbows 155, 167, 171, 178–182, 198, 214, 265t, 269
of Rainbow Serpents 181, 239
Angami Nagas 226
Angel Falls 59
animals. see also hoofed mammals connected with dragons/rainbows; horses; serpents; sunshowers
dragons as extinct animals 33–34
transformations of 226–227, 240
animism. see also personification; Thunderbirds
of rainbows. see rainbows; Rainbow Serpents
Shintō 83, 86, 118, 137
theory of 7–8, 78, 279
Vodoun/Voodoo 58, 179, 200
anthills and rainbows 233–235
anthropology, history of x, 77–79, 279–282
anthropomorphism. see human traits
Anti-Christ 38
antlers. see horns
ānuenue (‘rainbow’ in Hawaiian) 63, 220
Anufo/Chokosi 154–155, 161
Anyi Sanvi 185, 222, 234
Ao Nagas 159
Apache 97, 100, 113, 195
Arabian Peninsula 92
Arabic 139, 140, 141, 160
Aramaic 246
Arapesh 157, 161, 192, 208
Arawakan-speaking peoples 91, 182. see also individual ethnolinguistic groups
Arecuna/Pemon 59, 60, 182, 209
Argentina 206, 223, 233
Arizona 100, 167, 249–250, 258
Armenian 139, 160, 245
Arnhem Land (Australia) 181, 189, 227, 253, 275
Arnott, W. Patrick 258
Arosi 144, 160, 244
Arunta/Arrernte 194
Ashluslay/Nivaklé 233
Asia 46, 254. see also Mainland Southeast Asia; South Asia; individual countries
Assam XVII, 143, 157, 159, 203, 226, 250
Assiniboine 168
Assyrian 120, 273
Atayal 143, 160
Athapaskan-speaking peoples 123. see also individual ethnolinguistic groups
Atlas Linguarum Europae 149
Atsina/Gros Ventre 89, 119
Aulenbach, Steve 258
Australia. see also individual regions
beliefs about rainbows/dragons 111, 266, 271, 273, 274
draconic traits, summary of 265t
Maratji (Australian Rainbow Serpents) 154, 173, 181, 201
Rainbow Serpent myth 5–6, 275, 282
Rainbow Serpents as unique to 5–6, 162, 194–195, 274, 278
rainbow traits, summary of 265t
sunshowers 247
Australia, central 176, 183, 194
Australia, northwest 193
Australia, southeast 255
Australia, western 201, 285
Austronesian-speaking groups XVII, 146, 244, 245. see also individual ethnolinguistic groups
Avau 148, 160
avian features. see chimerical bodies; feathers; fly, ability to; wings
Ayida Wedo (rainbow of Saut d’Eau waterfall) 58, 171, 179, 200
Aymara 212
Aztec 46, 123
Babatana 253
Babylonian/Akkadian dragons
can fly 94
and kings as givers of water 45
personification of 274
physical descriptions of 16, 21, 97, 99
and thunder/lightning 67, 71
as withholders of rain 85
Bader, Hermann 188
bad omens. see signs, sunshowers as bad
Baganda 254
Bagesu 174
Baiga 195
Balinese
rainbows as bridges/paths 144, 160
rainbows as the penis of a deity 149, 180, 196, 200, 272
rainbows cause sickness 208
sunshowers 246
Baltic languages 139
Bambuti 189–190
Bamileke 155, 161
Banks Islands 232
Bantu-speaking peoples (undefined groups). see also individual ethnolinguistic groups
rainbows, end or foot of 228
rainbows and ant-heaps 234
rainbows and hoofed mammals 196
rainbows are opposed to lightning 177, 236, 269
rainbows as bisexual 181
rainbows as fusion of fire and water 176
rainbows as givers/withholders of rain 167, 171
rainbows as guardians of water sources 174
rainbows as snakes 155
rainbows can start fires 197, 198, 271
rainbows causing sickness or death 208
rainbows personified 211
waterfalls with dragons 66
Baoule 220
Barber, Elizabeth Wayland 50–51
Barber, Paul T. 50–51
Bare’e 166, 183, 224, 231
Bargery, G.P. 234
Bariai 146, 160
Barnard, Mary 48
Barnes, R.H. 185, 188
Barnett, Jennifer M. 258
Barotse 170
Basuto/Basotho 64
Basutoland 64–65
Batak (Toba) 152–153, 160, 169, 197, 226, 246, 251
Bates, Roy 125–126
Ba Thonga 140, 160, 200
Bathurst Island (Australia) 154, 173, 181, 193, 201, 202
Baxʹaa (water monster) 89
beards on dragons 99, 173, 174, 176, 183
Behrang Sakai 156, 161, 245
belts, rainbows as 145, 146, 160, 163
Benedict, Paul K. 264
Bengali 139, 160
Benin 189, 199
Bennett, W.C. 231
Beowulf 50, 73, 106
Berawan 75
Berber 246
Best, Elsdon 215
Bhumtaras (Indian great rainbow snake) 167, 233
Biak 252
Bible 104, 135. see also Christianity
Bifröst (Norse rainbow bridge) 142
Binford, Lewis R. 79
birds. see chimerical bodies; Garuda (Hindu gigantic celestial bird); Thunderbirds
Birhor 150, 160, 224
bisexuality. see androgyny
Blackfoot 68, 69
blood. see also menstruation
blood-drinking rainbows 135, 137
of dragons 74, 82
rainbows signifying 182, 183, 184, 222, 270. see also signs, rainbows as
boa constrictors 70, 98, 143, 145, 151, 156, 237. see also rainbows: as gigantic snakes/dragons
Boas, Franz x, 79
Bolivia 168, 207, 212
Bontok 146, 160, 221, 226
Borges, Jorge Luis 30, 286
Borneo (Indonesian) 246
Borneo (Malaysian) 62, 75, 143, 144, 146, 169, 183, 243
borrowing. see diffusion; diffusion of the dragon idea
Botocudo/Krenak 84, 159, 218
Bougainville Island 227
bows (archer’s weapons), rainbows as 138–141, 160, 161, 163
brain, human. see evolution of the human brain; preliterate humans
Brazil
Botocudo/Krenak 84, 159, 218
Brazilian folk beliefs 214, 250
Eastern Timbira 152, 160, 168
Kaiwá 147, 223, 230
Kayapó 203
Tucuna/Tukuna/Ticuna 172, 187
breath, fetid/toxic 272
of dragons 26–27t, 50, 68, 88, 114–116, 272, 273
of rainbows 198–199
breath, fiery 21, 23, 26–27t, 50, 114, 116, 197, 271–272
breath, rainbows as 156–158, 166, 234, 235
bridges/paths, rainbows as 142–145, 160, 161, 163, 175, 224
Brisbane (Australia) 232
British Columbia 36, 114, 118, 121, 209, 249, 274
British Isles. see also Loathly Worm of Northumbria; Loch Ness monster; nixies ‘water horses/kelpies’
dragons 31, 32, 49, 94, 116, 119, 120
rainbows 142, 223, 228
broken rainbows 223–224
Brumbaugh, Robert C. 5, 153, 192, 210
Buchler, Ira R. 5
Buddhism 17, 83, 94–95, 114, 125, 128, 274
Buginese 144, 160
Bukaua/Bukawa 183, 205, 227
bulaiŋ (Australian mythical water snake) 285
Bulgaria 244, 246
Buli 252
Bunun 182
Burarra 189, 227, 253
Bures Dragon (English) 31
Burma
Karen 180, 199, 221, 228, 230, 251
Khamti 152, 160
Lakher 250
Palaung 147, 152, 160, 207
Bushmen (San) 282
Buton 251
Byelorussian 240
Cahto/Kato 89, 100
Calbris, G. 255
California
(unspecified ethnic groups) 240, 272
Achumawi 190, 198, 240
Athapaskan-speaking peoples 123
Gabrielino 219
Karok 167
Kato/Cahto 89, 100
Klamath 190–191
McCloud River Wintu 191, 240
Modoc 190–191, 216, 240
Nisenan 191, 240
Shasta 216, 249
Southwestern Pomo 187
Tolowa 159, 166
Tulare Lake Yokuts 159, 191
Yuki 89, 100, 182, 191
Yurok 148
Cameroon 155, 171, 221, 224, 230
Canaanite 67, 71
Canada 68, 167–168, 273
Candoshi 151, 160, 225
Canelos 156, 161, 188, 191
Cape York peninsula (Australia) 173, 189
cardinal directions
dragons 127
rainbows 228, 229–231
Carib 147, 160. see also Island Carib
Caribbean 147
Caroline Islands 181, 205, 253
Catalan 138, 160
Catawba 140, 143, 160
category membership 2, 14, 29, 286
category reversals. see transformations
Cayuga Creek 56, 58, 209, 266
Cebuano Bisayan 169
Celtic 104, 109, 120, 215
Central America. see also horned water serpents; plumed serpents; individual countries and ethnolinguistic groups
draconic traits, summary of 26–27t, 265t
dragons as givers/withholders of rain 84, 86, 171
rainbow 265t, 270
Rainbow Serpents 264
Central and East Asia. see also individual countries and ethnolinguistic groups
draconic traits, summary of 26–27t, 265t
Rainbow Serpents 264
rainbow traits, summary of 265t
Chachi/Cayapa 143, 151, 160, 175
chacs (Mayan rain gods/plumed serpents) 84, 86, 91, 93, 98, 103, 116–117, 123–124
Chaga 232
Chamberlain, A.F. 68
‘Champ’ (‘monster’ of Lake Champlain) 36
Cherokee 107, 247–248
Cheyenne 89
Chicchan (Mayan snake deity) 96, 98, 124, 151
childbirth, rainbows as signs of 158–159, 182
children
beliefs about rainbows 155, 157, 160, 170, 184, 232, 241, 249–254
endangered by dragons 104, 172, 192
endangered by rainbows 189, 193, 205, 224, 227
endangered by sunshowers 241–242, 243–244, 245
fearing monsters 40, 41
sex change 213
chimerical bodies. see also dinosaurs; feathers; fire and water; hair; horns; horses; scales; wings
reptilian/mammalian/avian 15, 18, 23, 42, 48, 271
warm-blooded/cold-blooded 16, 20–22, 176, 197, 268
Chinese
literary vs. folk tradition 161, 162
separation of dragon and rainbow 174
Taoist metaphysics 96, 103, 269
Chinese dragons
belief in 33, 34
as beneficent creatures 34, 41, 124
can fly 95, 267–268
carrying a pearl in the mouth 106, 270
compared to other dragons 50, 128–129
as controllers of the weather 37, 67, 82–83, 85, 117–118, 119, 232
draconic traits, summary of 22–23
dragon bones 37, 93
dragon eggs 118
dragon-horses 21, 112–113
dragons/rainbows cause whirlwinds/storms or waterspouts 272
and emperors 14, 110, 264
as guardians of water sources 89, 266
have fiery breath 114, 115–116, 197, 271
have toxic breath 272
with human traits 122
linked with rainbows 150, 160, 239–240
as male/female (yang/yin) 102–103, 269
in opposition with thunder/lightning 74–75
origins of the dragon idea 44, 45, 46–47, 84, 275, 278, 282
personification of 274
physical descriptions 13–14, 15, 22, 96–97, 99, 104–105, 269
prey on young women 109–110, 270
sightings 31
types of 125–128
Chinese rainbows
as bows 139, 160
as bridges 142, 160
and cardinal directions 229
as controllers of the weather 272
double rainbows as male and female 179
as good/bad omens 203, 212, 223
hóng ‘rainbow’ (Chinese character 虹) XIII, 212, 239
and hoofed mammals 195, 271
with human traits 209, 274
linked with dragons 150, 160, 239–240
‘Rainbow Taboo’ (RT) 249
as sleeves/belts 145, 160
and treasure 184
Chippendale, Christopher 275
Chippewa/Ojibway/Ojibwe 68, 168
Choiseul Island 253
Chokosi/Anufo 154–155, 161
Chontal 91, 179, 197, 209
Chortí 96, 98, 124, 151, 160
Christianity
Christ and Quetzalcoatl 123
Christian knights/saints slaying dragons 70, 97, 115
dragons as Satan 97, 112
dragons as the Anti-Christ 38
dragons in the Bible 104
dragons symbolizing conversion 120
God 139
and paganism 71–72, 128
and rainbows 134–135, 139, 231, 235, 254
Chulupí/Nivaklé 233
Chumburu, Northern 246
Chuukese/Trukese 205, 244
circular dragons. see ouroboros (circular serpent)
circular rainbows (glories) 186–187
Cleary, Val 18, 31, 46, 67, 73, 74, 107, 116
clothing, rainbows as 145–146
Coatlan Mixe 157, 161
cold-blooded and warm-blooded animals. see chimerical bodies
Colombia
Cuaiquer 206, 218, 225
Guahibo 157, 161
Guambiano 206, 225
Inga 143, 151, 160, 179, 202, 216, 217, 229, 231, 250
Muinane 156, 161, 203, 206, 229
Paez 206
Piapoco 168
Tucuna/Tukuna/Ticuna 172, 187
colors of dragons
black 85, 105, 127
blue 105, 155
gold 105
green 91, 127
multi/rainbow-colored 26–27t, 27, 105, 153, 155, 172, 173, 176, 183, 184, 269–270
red 26–27t, 27, 91, 104, 110, 122, 127, 150, 155, 184, 269–270
white 86, 105, 127
yellow 105, 127, 154
colors of rainbows
blue 182
double rainbows 172, 223
multi/rainbow-colored 182–184, 269–270
red 182–184, 269–270. see also blood
white 172, 182, 222–223
contact, cultural. see diffusion of the dragon idea
convergence. see origins of the dragon idea
Converse, Harriet Maxwell 56
Conzemius, E. 70
Cook Islands 146
Cotterell, Arthur 75
Coudreau, Henri 59
Cree 68
Creek/Muskogee
horned water serpents 19, 98, 108
rainbows as gigantic snakes 168, 206
sint-holo (‘sacred snake’) 69, 83, 84–85, 93
‘snake-man’ or ‘tie-snake’ 105, 123, 154
‘water panther’ or ‘water tiger’ 110–111
crocodiles being mistaken for dragons 31, 32, 34–35, 266
cryptozoology 31, 35
Cuaiquer 206, 218, 225
culture universals 1, 6, 37, 162, 248
Cuna 179
Cushing, F.H. 100
cutting rainbows 231–232
Cuvier, Georges 34
Czech 139, 160, 249
Dahomey 189, 199–200
Dakota/Lakota 168
Damballah (serpent of Saut d’Eau waterfall) 58, 171, 179, 200
dancing dragons 48–49
Danelaw 49
danger. see sickness or death
Danish 138, 142, 160
Darwin, Charles 39, 283
Dattner, B. 219
death. see also sickness or death
rainbows as signs of 156, 182, 207, 220–221, 223, 224, 229
sunshowers as signs of 243, 244
Dedua 243, 244
Deg 157, 161
De Gubernatis, Angelo 219
De Heusch, Luc 80, 176–177, 211, 234, 236, 269
Dehu 201, 212, 253
deities, dragons as 17, 61, 83, 86, 96, 105
De la Vega, Garcilaso 215–216
Democratic Republic of Congo 189, 198, 199, 234
Dempwolff, Otto 284
Denmark 249
dens. see homes of dragons
De Visser, Marinus Willem 23, 74, 102, 104–105, 112, 122
Dida 148, 160, 227
Dieri 194
diffusion
of the belief that rainbows cause tooth decay 216
of feathers trait 100
of sunshowers as animals getting married/giving birth 247
of terms for rainbows and sunshowers 245
diffusion of the dragon idea
from China 23
from Egypt 18, 24, 43, 44–46, 47, 280–281
evidence against 60, 84, 165
radical diffusionism 24, 43–44, 46, 237–238, 279, 280–281
dinosaurs 35, 36, 37, 41, 42, 96
double-gendered. see androgyny
double-headed dragons 46
double-headed rainbows 212–213, 239
double rainbows
associated with serpents 154, 172
colors of 172, 223
as male and female 135–136, 178–179, 180, 181, 209, 269, 273
as a sign of childbirth 159, 182
Douglas, Norman 88
dracontias (gem on dragon’s forehead) 107, 184
dracs (French dragons/water horses) 99
dragon blood 74, 82
dragon bones 36–37, 93
dragon eggs 118
dragons. see also chimerical bodies; Chinese dragons; European dragons; Greek dragons; guardians, dragons as; horned water serpents; nāgas; Near Eastern dragons; origins of the dragon idea; plumed serpents; Rainbow Serpents; sightings of dragons
as beneficent creatures 34, 41, 45, 124, 126, 263, 266
dancing 48–49
as deities 17, 61, 83, 86, 96, 105
double-headed 46
encircling the world 26–27t, 108–109, 117, 265t, 274
fire-breathing 21, 23, 26–27t, 50, 114, 116, 197, 271–272
have fetid/toxic breath 26–27t, 50, 68, 88, 114–116, 272, 273
meat-eating 22, 33, 109, 115, 189
as monsters 14, 34, 41, 85, 266
traits, summary of 26–27t, 264, 265t, 280
dragons of Eden 40, 42, 271
The dragons of Eden: Speculations on the evolution of human intelligence 40
Dreams (film by Akira Kurosawa, 1990) 245
Driver, Harold E. 80
droughts 14, 83, 85–86, 95, 118, 177. see also rain, givers/withholders of
Dumont, Jean-Paul 179–180
Duo 169
Dutch 142
dwellings. see homes of dragons
earthquakes 26–27t, 84, 116–117, 199–200, 272
East Asia 171, 247, 263. see also individual countries
eating. see meat-eating dragons; meat-eating rainbows
Ebony Diviners (shamans) 217
Ecuador 143, 151, 156, 175, 188, 191
Eddas 72, 108, 115, 259
Eddystone/Mandegusu 224
Egypt
dragons 34, 282
origins of the dragon idea 18, 24, 43, 44–46, 47, 280–281
Sito (divine serpent) 109, 259, 274
Elbert, Samuel H. 64
Elkin, A.P. 216
encircling the world, dragons 26–27t, 108–109, 117, 265t, 274. see also circular rainbows (glories); ouroboros (circular serpent)
end of the rainbow 184–186, 225–228, 270
Enfield, N.J. 255
Enggano 243
England. see British Isles
English (language) 138, 160, 247
Estonian 141, 160
Ethiopia 247
(unspecified ethnic groups) 34, 115
Amharic 247
Galla or Oromo 146, 167
Tigrinya 247
Uduk 183, 196, 198, 217
Wolamo 145
ethnicity, transformed by rainbows 214
ethnology, definition and history of 77–79
etymologies of ‘rainbow’
Ahtna 167
Arabic 139, 140
Austronesian 107, 135, 141, 152, 208
Bantu 140
Birhor 150
Finnic 138, 139, 141, 195
Gur 158
Indo-European 138–140, 142, 195, 244
Japonic 150, 182
Khamti 152
Korean 158
Mongolian 139
Nivkh/Gilyak 158
Ojibwe 168
Sentani 204
Siouan 140, 168
Toba Batak 152
Yeniseian 158
Yukaghir 158
Eurasia 20, 45
European dragons. see also alchemy
as androgynous 101–102, 269
breathe fire 114, 197, 271
can fly 94, 267
cause earthquakes 272
cause floods 118–119
cause whirlwinds 272
comparison with Chinese 128
draconic traits, summary of 22–23, 26–27t, 27, 265t
as guardians of treasure or gold 270
as guardians of water sources 174, 266
have jewels on their foreheads (“dracontias”) 107, 270
have toxic breath 272
live in caves 92–93
as monsters 38, 190
opposition with eagles 74
opposition with thunder/lightning 70–73
origins of the dragon idea 34, 150, 275, 277, 280, 282
ouroboros 108–109, 259, 274
personification of 274
physical descriptions 13–14, 14, 97, 99, 104, 269–270
prey on young women 22, 38, 65, 101–102, 109, 190, 263, 270
separation of dragon and rainbow 161, 162, 174, 263, 264
sightings of 31
as signs of war 273
European rainbows
as bisexual 178
cause sickness or death 147, 206, 273
and with hoofed mammals 271
point to treasure 184, 270
‘Rainbow Taboo’ (RT) 248, 254
traits, summary of 265t
European sunshowers 244–245, 246
Evans, Ivor H.N. 143, 244–245
Evans, Jonathan D. 37
evil. see signs, rainbows as
evil spirits
rainbows as 135, 147–148, 160, 179, 235, 240
in sunshowers 242, 243, 244, 246
traveling via rainbows 145
The evolution of the dragon 43
evolution of the human brain 40–41, 43, 161–162, 275–276
Ewe 65, 156, 161, 185
excrement 218–219
explorers/travellers 32, 34
Fafner (German dragon) 72, 124
Fafnir (Norse dragon) 23, 72, 124
Fairclough, T. Lindsay 64
Farabee, William Curtis 91, 216
fear of rainbows. see ‘Rainbow Taboo’ (RT); sickness or death; signs, rainbows as
feathers. see also plumed serpents
geographical distribution of 26–27t, 27, 99–100
horned water serpents 100, 123
nāgas 16
as part of chimerical body 101, 176, 268
feces 218–219
Feilberg, H.F. 248
Fennig, Charles D. xix
Feranmin 153, 173, 192, 199, 202, 210, 218
fertility, agricultural 14, 85, 96, 119, 263
fetid breath. see breath, fetid/toxic
fiery breath. see breath, fiery
Fijian 253
Finnish 138, 246, 247
fire and water 21, 176, 181, 197, 268, 271. see also chimerical bodies
fire-breathing dragons. see breath, fiery
fires, rainbows can start 197–198, 271
flags, rainbows as 146
floods
ancient Near East 119
Australia 173, 202
China 14, 74, 119, 127
Europe 88, 94, 118–119
geographical distribution of draconic traits 26–27t, 27, 273
Japan 86
Malaysia 202
Mexico 120
New Guinea 202
North America 119
South America 172, 192, 202
Flores
Lio 214, 222
Manggarai 227, 251
Maumere 153, 161, 183, 184, 215, 222
Nage 160, 169, 224
Ngadha 146, 158, 160, 161, 188, 196, 204
other Austronesian-speaking groups 146
Florida Island 183
fly, ability to
of dragons 13, 19, 20, 22, 25, 94–97, 126, 267
of dragons/rainbows, geographical distribution 26–27t, 265t
of rainbows 176, 267
Fon 189, 199
Fontenrose, Joseph 87, 88
foot of the rainbow 184–186, 225–228, 270
Foster, George M. 191
‘fox’s wedding’ (sunshowers) 244–245, 246, 247
Frafra 140
Frazer, James George 65, 173, 193
French 48, 93, 99, 107, 109, 115, 138, 160
French Guiana 59, 60, 66
Freud, Sigmund 219
Fried, Jerome 46, 248
Gaagudju/Kakadu 154, 161, 169
Gabrielino 219
Gae Dewa (Indonesian god who rides a rainbow horse) 196
Galla or Oromo 146, 160, 167
Galton’s Problem 52, 81, 161
Gardner, Robert L. 39
Garuda (Hindu gigantic celestial bird) 74, 75
Gatschet, Albert S. 68, 90, 98
gender. see androgyny; sex
Georgia 69, 83, 93, 110, 168, 206
German 138, 142, 160, 161, 215, 249
Germanic 106, 142, 274
gestures. see pointing taboo; ‘Rainbow Taboo’ (RT)
Ghana 140, 154, 157, 170, 185, 234, 246, 254
Gilbertese/I-Kiribati 244, 253
Gilyak/Nivkh 158
girdles. see belts, rainbows as
glories (circular rainbows) 257–260, 274
God (Christian) 139. see also Christianity
Goddard, Ives xix
gold. see end of the rainbow; guardians, dragons as
good omens. see signs, rainbows as
Gould, Charles 32–34, 35, 281, 286
Gould, Stephen Jay 13n1
Gran Chaco. see Paraguay
Great Andaman Island. see Andamanese
Great Basin 100, 159, 225
Great Britain. see British Isles
Great Lakes region 90, 119
Greek dragons
causing whirlwinds 117
folk beliefs 50, 70–71, 282
guarding springs 87–88
guarding treasure 105
with human traits 121–122
personification of 124, 274
Python (mythological dragon) 72, 124
as a sign of war 120
slaying of 37
Typhon (mythological dragon) 72, 117, 122, 124
Greek rainbows
as bows 139, 160
as bridges/paths 160
causing sex change 214
Iris (rainbow/messenger of the gods) 142, 143, 220
as a sign of war 202
Greenberg, Joseph H. 28, 283
Grieder, Terence 46
Griffiths, Jeanne
Chac (Mayan elephant-headed rain god) 86
Chinese dragons 75, 95
enemies of dragons 71–72, 74
European dragons 259
nāgas 17, 74, 88, 106
origins of the dragon idea 30, 41–42, 53
plumed serpents 100–101
Grimm, Jakob 149–150, 166, 224
Grinnell, George Bird 89
Gros Ventre/Atsina 89, 119
Grubb, William Barbrooke 203, 214
Guahibo 157, 161
Guambiano 206, 225
Guarani 61
guardians, dragons as
of mines and gems 23, 106
of treasure 23, 26–27t, 27, 50, 95, 105–106, 127, 270
of water sources 19, 21, 25, 26–27t, 86–92, 162, 266, 270
guardians, rainbows as
of treasure 184, 270
of water sources 162, 172–175, 266
Guatemala 96, 98, 151, 184, 250, 274
Guianas, the 58–59, 60, 66, 147, 182, 216
Gunwinggu/Kunwinjku 193
Guyana 91
hair
beards on dragons 99, 173, 174, 176, 183
Chinese dragons 99, 113
on dragons, geographical distribution of 26–27t
European dragons 99
horned water serpents 89, 90, 99
human hair and rainbows 188, 214, 215, 227
human hair and sunshowers 243
manes on dragons 99, 102, 173, 176, 183
nāgas 16
Near Eastern dragons 99
as part of chimerical body 176, 197, 268
Haiti 58, 171, 179, 200
half-human dragons. see human traits
Halmahera 252
Hambly, Wilfrid D. 194
Han River 105
Harris, Marvin 44
Hastings, James 135
Hausa 155, 161, 170, 181, 234
Hawaiian 63, 144, 160, 220
Haya 246
heaven. see bridges/paths, rainbows as
Henham, Flying Serpent of 31
Hentze, Carl 46, 47, 279
hermaphrodites. see androgyny
Hewer, Philip 246
Hindi. see India
Hinduism 74, 75, 138, 156
historical linguistics XVI, 28, 283–284. see also etymologies of ‘rainbow’
History of the Sung Dynasty 115
Hittite 71, 93, 122
Hogarth, Peter J. 18, 31, 46, 67, 73, 74, 107, 116
Hole, Christina 248
homes of dragons. see also waterfalls; waterfalls with dragons
caves 25, 26–27t, 84, 87, 92–94, 267
clouds 84, 87, 89
palaces 17, 88, 94, 118, 122, 267
varying residence at different times of the year 84, 87, 89
water sources (pools, wells, springs, rivers, lakes) 17–18, 75, 84, 89, 112, 119, 120, 162
homes of rainbows
caves 136, 175, 267, 271
waterfalls 58–59, 61, 63–65, 94, 136, 186, 266–267
water sources 162, 175
Honduras 103
hóng ‘rainbow’ (Chinese ideograph 虹) XIII, 212, 239
hoofed mammals connected with dragons/rainbows 26–27t, 112–113, 195–197, 265t, 271. see also horses
Hooykaas, J. 148
Hopi 241, 249–250
Hopkins, L.C. 179, 239
Hornblower, George Davis 47
horned water serpents
ability to fly 268
cause sickness or death 209
colors of 105
as givers/withholders of rain 69, 83
as guardians of water sources 89–90, 239
have feathers 100, 123
have fetid/toxic breath 50, 114, 272
have hair 99
have horns 97, 184
impregnating women 110
jewel/other valuable on its head 107, 184, 270
and Loch Ness 35
and menstruation 111–112, 191, 194, 271
and the Ogopogo 36
mihn (Cheyenne underwater monster) 89, 97
opposition with thunder/lightning 70, 236
personification of 274
physical descriptions of 18–20, 19
prey on young women 270
slaying of 67, 74, 191, 194
as survivals 35
and Thunderbirds 68–70, 71, 74, 75, 177, 236, 269
in waterfalls 55, 58, 266, 267. see also waterfalls with dragons
horns
Chinese dragons 15, 97, 102, 126, 127
European dragons 14, 97
geographical distribution of 26–27t, 27
horned water serpents 19, 19, 97–98
multi-colored 105
nāgas 16, 95, 98, 107
Near Eastern dragons 16, 16, 97, 104
as part of chimerical body 176, 268
plumed serpents 20, 98
valuable 106, 107, 184
horses
dracs (French dragons/water horses) 99
dragon-horse of China/Japan 21, 112–113
horse-dragon of India 106
linked with dragons 195, 271
nixies ‘water horses/kelpies’ 21, 29, 35, 99, 112
rainbow-horses 195, 196
serpents transforming into 240
hot and cold. see chimerical bodies; fire and water
Howitt, A.W. 232
human traits. see also transformations
of Chicchan (Mayan snake deity) 96, 98
of dragons 102, 121–124, 126, 273–274
of dragons (geographical distribution) 26–27t, 27, 265t
of nāgas 16, 95
of rainbows 209–210, 265t, 273–274
of ‘snake-man’/‘tie-snake’ 105, 123
of Typhon (dragon in Greek mythology) 117
of vouivre (wyvern) 107
hunter-gatherers. see preliterate humans
Hurā (Malaysian rainbow snake) 242
Huracán (Caribbean dragon) 117
hurricanes. see whirlwinds/storms and waterspouts
Huxley, Francis 18, 21, 99, 103, 106, 116, 195
Iatmul 169, 227
Iban 62, 183
Icelandic 72, 142, 160, 259. see also Norse mythology; Völsunga saga (Icelandic)
Iguazu Falls 60–62, 65
Ijo 170, 246
Ijok Negritos 134
I-Kiribati/Gilbertese 244, 253
Ikwerre 156, 161, 170, 221
Ila 140, 160, 171, 196, 198, 228
Illuyankas (Hittite dragon) 71
Ilokano/Ilocano 251
Imbonggu 220, 228, 252
Inca 203, 207, 215–216
independent invention of the dragon idea. see origins of the dragon idea: convergence
India. see also Assam; Bhumtaras (Indian great rainbow snake); Garuda (Hindu gigantic celestial bird); nāgas; individual ethnolinguistic groups
dragons and Buddhism 128
dragons in opposition with thunder/lightning 73–74
dragons/rainbows as givers/withholders of rain 171, 264
origins of the dragon idea 34, 275, 282
pythons 237
rainbows 138, 212, 271
separation of dragon and rainbow 161, 174
sunshowers as ‘the jackal’s wedding’ 245, 246
Indo-European languages 138–139, 161, 166, 240, 283. see also individual languages
Indonesia. see also individual islands/regions
Indian influence on the dragon idea 107
Rainbow Serpents 282
rainbows start fires 198, 271
‘Rainbow Taboo’ (RT) XVII, 247
Indra (god) 71, 73, 74, 138
inductivism, radical 281, 283, 284
Inga
cutting rainbows 231
double rainbows 179
rainbows and floods 202
rainbows and urine 217
rainbows as bridges/paths 143
rainbows as giant snakes 151, 160, 216
rainbows as weather signs 229
‘Rainbow Taboo’ (RT) 250
Ingersoll, Ernest 18, 23, 273
inheritance of the dragon idea 39–43, 165
insanity, caused by rainbows 214, 227
Insular Southeast Asia 171, 244, 264, 265t, 270, 272, 273. see also individual islands
Iranian 120, 139, 214, 273
Ireland 184
Iris (rainbow/messenger of the gods in Greek mythology) 142, 143, 220
Irish 139, 160, 166
Iroquois. see Cherokee; Mohawk; Seneca (ethnic group)
Ishtar Gate of Babylon 15, 97, 99
Islam 15, 92, 254
Island Carib 207, 220. see also Carib
Isneg 135, 136, 207, 218, 221
Italian 139, 145, 160
Itzam Na (Celestial Iguana of the Maya) 103
Ivanov, Vyacheslav 240
Ivens, W.G. 148, 208
Ivory Coast
Anyi Sanvi 185, 222, 234
Baoule 220
Dida 148, 160, 227
Nyabwa 167, 185, 196
Wobe 157, 161
Izon 170
‘jackal’s wedding’ (sunshowers) 245, 246
James, Wendy 136, 175, 176, 198, 217
Japanese
cutting rainbows 231
dragon-horses 21, 112–113
dragons as givers/withholders of rain 83, 84
dragons can fly 267–268
dragons cause floods 85, 86
dragons cause whirlwinds/storms or waterspouts 118, 272
etymologies of ‘rainbow’ 182
‘Rainbow Taboo’ (RT) 249
Shintō 83, 86, 89, 118, 137
sunshowers as kitsuno no yomeiri, ‘the fox’s wedding’ 245, 247
white rainbows 223
Java
Javanese 98, 152–153, 160, 176, 196, 213, 220, 251
Sundanese 246, 251
Jehai Negritos 242
jewel/other valuable on a dragon’s head 26–27t, 106–108, 270
Jones, David E. 36, 37, 42–43, 50–51
Jorgensen, Joseph G. 80
Jörmungandr (Norse Midgard Serpent) 72–73, 108, 115, 259
Judaism 92
Jung, Carl 38–39, 72, 102, 108, 219
Junod, Henri A. 200
Kabi 154, 161
Kabyle 246
Kaidipang 153, 161, 172
Kaiwá 147, 223, 230
Kakadu/Gaagudju 154, 161, 169
Kalabari 170
Kalam 252
Kankanaey 207
Karadjeri/Garadjari 285
Karen 180, 199, 221, 228, 230, 251
Karok 167
Karsten, Rafael 192
Kasena 140
Kato/Cahto 89, 100
Kayapó 203
Kédang 153, 161, 172, 184, 188, 214, 215, 252
Kekchi/Qʼeqchiʼ 103
kelpies. see nixies ‘water horses/kelpies’
Kendon, Adam 255
Kenya 65, 160, 196, 254
Ket 158
Ketane Falls 64–65
Kewabi 183
Keweng/Kewieng 219, 252
Keyeme (rainbow/water snake in the Guianas) 59–60
Khamti 152, 160
Khana 221
Khvarsh 244
K’iche’/Quiché 117
Kikuyu 65, 156, 161, 174, 186
killing dragons. see Garuda (Hindu gigantic celestial bird); Marduk (dragon slayer); Saint George (dragon slayer); Saint Michael (dragon slayer); Thor (Norse god of thunder); Thunderbirds; Thunderers
Kintak Bong 152, 160, 242
Kita, Sotaro 2, 255
Klamath 190–191
Knight, Chris 194
Koch-Grünberg, Theodor 59, 209
Kol 150
Kolig, Erich 201
Komodo dragons 42
Kongolo (African great red serpent) 234
Korean 23, 84, 106, 158, 245
Kovi 195
Krenak/Botocudo 84, 159, 218
Kroeber, Alfred L. 80, 90
Kruyt, Albert C. 218, 233
Kukulcan/Kukulkan (Mayan dragon) 100–101
Kulere 158, 161, 170
Kulturkreislehre 43–44
Kuna (Hawaiian monster of Rainbow Falls) 63–64
Kunmanggur (Australian Rainbow Serpent) 210
Kunwinjku/Gunwinggu people 181
Kur (Sumerian dragon-like monster) 119
Kurosawa, Akira 245
Kusaasi 140, 160, 170
Kuusi, Matti 246
Kwamera 167
KwaZulu-Natal 140
Labrador (Canada) 167
Lacandon 103
Ladinos 70
Ladon (dragon in classical Greek mythology) 72, 105
Lake Manitou 90
Lake Okanagan 36
Lakher 250
Lakota/Dakota 68, 90, 99, 168, 241
Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste 39. see also neo-Lamarckian theories
Lambton Worm 31
Lamnso’/Nso’ 155, 161
languages. see also etymologies of ‘rainbow’
historical linguistics 28, 283–284
transformed by rainbows 214
Lankford, George E. 68, 70
Lappish/Saami 139, 160
Latin 138, 139, 149–150, 160
Lau 208
Lawson, John Cuthbert 85, 121
Leach, Edmund R. 79
Leach, Maria 46, 248
League of the Ho-deʹ-no-sau-nee, or Iroquois 55
Lebanon 246
Lehmann-Nitsche, Robert 104
Lela 199, 234
Lembata 153, 172, 184, 188, 214, 215, 252
Lengua 151–152, 160, 172, 192, 202, 203, 214, 230, 250
Lesser Antilles islands 220
Levinson, S.C. 255
Lévi-Strauss, Claude 2, 159, 180, 181, 240
Leza (deity) 140, 171
Li, Shi-chen 93
Libya 116
Life in the forests of the Far East 62
Likum 227
Lindholm, Dan 71
linguistics XVI, see also historical linguistics
Linton Worm (English dragon) 31
Lio 214, 222
Lithuanian 139, 145, 160, 240
lizards 64, 66, 91, 154, 157, 173
Loathly Worm of Northumbria 31, 92, 115
Loch Ness monster 35–36
Loewen, Jacob Abram 151
Loewenstein, Prince John 236–238, 281
loincloths, rainbows as 146, 160, 163
Lombok 146
lóng ‘dragon’ 75, 97, 184. see also Chinese dragons
Loyalty Islands 201, 212, 253
Luang 146, 160, 169
Luba-Hemba 234, 235
Lumholtz, Carl 91
Luo 148, 160, 254
Luyi/Luyia 197
Luzon 135, 144, 146, 207, 221, 226, 251
Lybia 116
Maasai, Mount Elgon/Sabaot 174, 196
Macedonia 85, 87, 213, 239
Madagascar 141
Maddock, Kenneth 5, 284, 285
Madngala 193
Magalim (Rainbow Serpent) 153–154, 189, 192, 199, 202, 210, 218
Mainland Southeast Asia 264, 265t, 272, 273. see also individual countries
Makasarese 144, 160
Malaeng 154, 161
Malagasy (ethnic group) 141, 160
Malaita 208
Malawi 177
Malay 107, 152, 184, 220, 223, 226, 242, 244, 251
Malay (Selangor) 152, 153, 160
Malay peninsula 134, 152, 156, 202, 216, 236, 237, 242
Malaysia. see Borneo (Malaysian); Malay peninsula; Pahang; Perak; Selangor
Maletsunyane Falls 64
Mali 141, 170
Malinowski, Bronislaw 78
Maltese 139, 160
Mam 151, 160, 184, 250
Mamanwa Negritos 117, 182
mammalian features. see chimerical bodies; hair; horns
Mandan 147, 160
Mandari 227
Mandegusu/Eddystone 224
Mandinka 234
manes on dragons 99, 102, 173, 176, 183
Mangaian 146, 160
Mang’anja 177
Manggarai 227, 251
Manobo 183, 204, 243, 251
Manus Island 227
Maori 181, 202, 205, 211, 215, 224, 273
Maratji (Australian Rainbow Serpents) 154, 173, 181, 201
Marduk (dragon slayer) 16, 67, 71, 94, 97
Maricopa 167
marsalais (‘bush spirits’) 153, 157, 186, 192, 208, 209
Marshallese 253
Martin, Samuel E. 182
Massey, William C. 80
Mataco 172, 192, 202, 214
Matthews, Washington 222
Maui (Polynesian culture hero) 63–64
Maumere 153, 161, 183, 184, 215, 222
Mawu (African culture hero) 199
Max Müller, Friedrich 51, 178, 235, 280
Maya
chacs (rain gods/plumed serpents) 84, 86, 91, 93, 98, 103, 116–117, 123–124
Chicchan (snake deity) 96, 98, 124, 151
Itzam Na (Celestial Iguana) 103
Kukulcan/Kukulkan (dragon) 100–101
rainbows as “flatulence of demons” 134
Mayombe 211
mazacuate (horned serpent) 70, 151
M’Boi (Serpent God) 61
Mbona (African water serpent) 177
McClintock, Walter 68, 69
Mead, Margaret 5, 153, 186, 192, 209
meat-eating dragons 22, 33, 109, 115, 189
meat-eating rainbows
cattle 174, 196, 217
humans 158, 174, 217
meat 136, 137, 175, 271
Melanesia 149, 212, 282
Mellars, Paul 275
mélusines (French dragons) 93
Melville Island (Australia) 154, 173, 181, 193, 201, 202
Menik Kaien 152, 242
menstruation
dragons offended by 26–27t, 27, 111–112, 172, 191, 192–193, 194, 263, 265t, 271
rainbows as signs of 191
rainbows offended by 190–195, 240, 263, 265t, 271
Mesoamerica. see plumed serpents
Mesopotamia 21, 47, 50, 67, 280–281
Metamorphoses 87
Métraux, Alfred 84, 137, 192
Mexico, ethnic groups
Amuzgo 151, 160
Chontal 91, 179, 197, 209
Coatlan Mixe 157, 161
Otomí 233, 250
Sierra Popoluca 157, 161, 166, 231
Tarahumara 91, 135, 137, 179, 198, 217, 231
Toltec 123
Totonac 151, 160, 172, 179, 223
Tzotzil 168
Western Mixe 91
Yaqui 90, 105
Mexico, general. see also plumed serpents
draconic traits, summary of 26–27t, 265t
dragons as givers/withholders of rain 171
rainbows can start fires 271
Rainbow Serpents 46, 269
rainbows have fetid/toxic breath 199, 272
rainbows have human traits 274
‘Rainbow Taboo’ (RT) 250
rainbow traits, summary of 265t
Micronesia 181, 205, 220, 229, 244, 253
Middle East 15, 71, 246, 266. see also Near East
Midgard Serpent (Norse mythology) 72–73, 108, 115, 259
Mikasuki 206. see also Creek/Muskogee
Mills, J.P. 159
Milne, Leslie 207
Milne Bay province (New Guinea) 182, 230, 243, 252
Minangkabau 152, 160
Mindanao 117, 182–183, 204, 208, 243, 251
mihn (Cheyenne underwater monster) 89, 97
Minnesota 168
Minyanka 141, 160, 170
Mississippi 140
Mixe 91, 157, 161
Modoc 190–191, 216, 240
Mofu-Gudur/Southern Mofu 170, 234
Mohawk 68, 209
Mongolian 139, 160
Mooney, James 248
Mordiford Dragon (English) 31
Morgan, Lewis Henry xix, 55, 57, 67
Morse, Michael A. 276
Mortlockese 181
Moru 155, 161, 227, 254, 255
Mota 232
Mountain Arapesh 157, 161, 192, 208
Mountford, Charles P. 183
Mucilinda (seven-headed nāga) 114
Muinane 156, 161, 203, 206, 229
Mundani 221, 224, 230
Mündü 170, 254
Murdock, George Peter 80
Muria 167, 233
Murle 175, 185, 267
Murrinh-Patha 181, 210
mushrooms 241
Muskogee/Creek
horned water serpents 19, 98, 108
rainbows as gigantic snakes 168, 206
sint-holo (‘sacred snake’) 69, 83, 84–85, 93
‘snake-man’ or ‘tie-snake’ 105, 123, 154
‘water panther’ or ‘water tiger’ 110–111
Musters, George Chaworth 206
Nadene 169
Naga (Angami, Ao, Rengma, Sema) 143, 157, 159, 160, 161, 203, 226
nāgas
are rainbows 152
breathe fire 114
can fly 94–95, 267
as givers/withholders of rain 82
as guardians of treasure 106, 107, 184, 270
as guardians of water sources 88
with human traits 122
live in caves 267
opposition with Garuda (Hindu gigantic celestial bird) 74
personification of 125, 274
physical descriptions 16–17, 17, 98
Nage 160, 169, 224
Nahuatl 123
naming dragons/rainbows 124–125, 177, 210–211, 274. see also personification
Nangiomeri 193
Naskapi 167
Native Americans. see individual ethnolinguistic groups
naturalistic theories 31–37
Navaho 143, 160, 178, 222, 250
Neanderthals 275, 276. see also preliterate humans
Near East. see also Egypt
rainbows 264, 265t, 273
sunshowers as ‘the fox’s wedding’ 245, 247
Near Eastern dragons. see also Tiamat (Babylonian dragon)
ability to fly 267
as givers/withholders of rain 264
as guardians of water sources 91–92
Kur (Sumerian dragon-like monster) 119
New Testament 104
origins of the dragon idea 45, 275, 281
personification of 274
physical descriptions of 16, 20–21, 97 99, 269
Rainbow Serpents 161, 162
as signs of war 273
traits, summary of 26–27t, 265t
Typhon (dragon in Hittite mythology) 93, 122
necklaces, rainbows as 146
Necklace School vs. Tapestry School 78–79
Negritos 144, 152, 216, 236, 237, 242, 244
neo-Lamarckian theories 39–41
Nepal 142, 160, 166, 226
‘Nessie.’ see Loch Ness monster
nets, rainbows as 147, 160, 161, 163
New Britain (island) 146, 148
New Caledonia 149
New England tablelands (Australia) 186, 267
New Guinea, ethnolinguistic groups
Biak 252
Bukaua/Bukawa 183, 205, 227
Dedua 243, 244
Feranmin 153, 173, 189, 192, 199, 202, 210, 218
Iatmul 227
Imbonggu 220, 252
Kalam 252
Kewabi 183
Keweng 219
Mountain Arapesh 157, 186, 192
Mountain Ok 153, 173, 202
Papuan-speaking population 144
Sentani 204, 208
Sinasina 169
Suau 159, 182, 201, 227, 230, 243, 252, 273
Tambul-Korika 154, 161, 243, 244, 252
Tawala 144, 160, 224, 243
Tehit 220
New Guinea, general. see also marsalais (‘bush spirits’); Papua New Guinea
dragons 171, 265t, 271, 273
pythons 237
rainbows 265t, 273
Rainbow Serpent complex 5–6, 153, 209, 264
sunshowers 247
Newman, Paul 31, 49
New Mexico
Warm Springs Apache 97, 100, 113, 195
Zuni 20, 89, 100, 110, 116, 119, 123
New Testament 104. see also Christianity
New York 55, 68, 116, 121
New Zealand 18, 181, 202, 205, 211, 215, 224, 273, 282
Ngadha 146, 158, 160, 161, 188, 196, 204
Ngaju Dayak 246
Ngambue (big African snake) 174
Nggela 183
Ngulugwongga 193
Niagara Falls 55–58, 65, 74, 93, 209, 266, 267, 274
Nias 147, 160
Nibelungenlied 23, 50, 72, 73, 106, 124
Nicaragua 70
Nigeria
Andoni or Obolo 155
Barotse 170
Hausa 155, 161, 170, 181, 234
Ijo 170, 246
Ikwerre 156, 161, 170, 221
Izon 170
Kalabari 170
Khana 221
Kulere 158, 161, 170
Mofu-Gudur/Southern Mofu 170, 234
Yoruba 155, 161, 170, 225
Nihongi (classic Japanese text) 118
Nimuendajú, Curt 152
Nisenan 191, 240
Nivaklé 233
Nivkh/Gilyak 158
nixies ‘water horses/kelpies’ 21, 29, 35, 99, 112
Nkongolo (African rainbow serpent) 211, 234–235
Norse, Old 139
Norse mythology
Bifröst (rainbow bridge) 142
Fafnir (dragon) 23, 72, 124
homes of dragons 87
Midgard Serpent 72–73, 108, 115, 259, 274
Thor (god of thunder) 72, 73, 115
North America. see Canada; Mexico, ethnic groups; Mexico, general; United States; individual ethnolinguistic groups
North America, northern plains 90, 99, 119, 241, 249
North American dragons. see also horned water serpents
cause earthquakes 272
cause whirlwinds/storms or waterspouts 272
draconic traits, summary of 26–27t, 27, 265t
as givers of rain 171
as guardians of water sources 174, 266
and menstruation 271
Rainbow Serpents 162, 264, 265, 269–270
reports/sightings 36
in waterfalls 266. see also waterfalls with dragons
North American rainbows
cause sickness or death 273
cause whirlwinds/storms or waterspouts 272
and menstruation 271
not associated with war 273
‘Rainbow Taboo’ (RT) 248
traits, summary of 265t
as withholders of rain 171
North Carolina 107, 248
North Dakota 147
Northern Territory (Australia) 181, 210
Norwegian 71, 128, 138, 142, 160
Nso’/Lamnso’ 155, 161
nudity protects from rainbows 215
Nuer 146, 160
Nyabwa 167, 185, 196
Nyakyusa 155, 161
Nyandziyo (man who made the rainbow) 140
Obolo/Andoni 155, 161
Odawa/Ottawa 68
Ofo 140, 160
Ogopogo of Lake Okanagan (monster) 36
Ohio 100, 111
Ojibway/Ojibwe/Chippewa 68, 168
Ok, Mountain (ethnic group) 153, 173, 202
Okinawan 150, 160, 167, 171, 249
Oklahoma 69
Onyare (lake serpent) 68, 209
Oregon 113, 118, 158–159, 182, 195, 212, 240, 249
The Origin of Species 39
origins of the dragon idea. see also diffusion of the dragon idea
convergence 21, 24, 47, 51, 165, 248, 254, 255
dragons as extinct animals 33–34
evolution of the dragon idea 285–286
inheritance 39–43, 165
naturalistic theories 31–37
neo-Lamarckian theories 39–41
Rainbow Serpents 264, 274–278, 279, 280
‘Stripping Procedure’ 50
symbolic theories 37–39, 48
Otomí 233, 250
Ottawa/Odawa. see Ojibway/Ojibwe/Chippewa
ouroboros (circular serpent) 108, 109, 187, 259–260, 274
Ovid 87, 92
Oyampi/Wayampi 59, 60
Pacific islands. see also individual islands/regions
Rainbow Serpents 162, 237, 264, 265t, 273
sunshowers 244
Paez 206
paganism (European) 38, 70, 71–72, 108, 128, 151
Pahang 223, 251
Pakistan 213
Palauan 220, 229
Palaung 147, 152, 160, 207
Paleolithic period. see preliterate humans
Panama 179
Panare 157, 161, 166, 179–180
Pandara (nāga king) 125
Papagianni, Dimitra 276
Papua New Guinea 154, 169, 227, 228, 230, 252
Papuan-speaking populations 144, 244. see also individual ethnolinguistic groups
Paraguay
Kaiwá 147, 223, 230
Lengua 151–152, 160, 172, 192, 202, 203, 214, 230, 250
Mataco 172, 192, 202, 214
Nivaklé/Ashluslay/Chulupí 233
Toba 121, 172, 191, 202, 218, 250
parallel development of the dragon idea. see origins of the dragon idea: convergence
Parker, Arthur C. 56, 57, 67
Parthians 120, 273
Pashtun/Pathān 213
pearls carried by dragons in their mouths 22, 23, 106, 270
Pemon/Arecuna/Taulipang 59, 60, 182, 209
penis, rainbows as a 148–149, 180, 196, 200, 272
Perak 184, 220, 226
Perry, W.J. 44
Persian 120, 139, 214, 273
personification. see also naming dragons/rainbows
of dragons 26–27t, 27, 45, 124–125, 274
of rainbows 142, 205, 210–211, 274
Peru 46, 145, 151, 172, 187, 207, 215, 225
Philippines. see Luzon; Mindanao
Physical Religion 178, 235
Piapoco 168
Piddington, Arthur 285
Pliny the Elder 202
plumed serpents
ability to fly 95–96, 267
as androgynous 103, 269
cause earthquakes 116, 272
chacs (Mayan rain gods) 84, 86, 91, 93, 98, 103, 123–124
Chicchan (Mayan snake deity) 96, 98, 124, 151
as givers/withholders of rain 84
as guardians of water sources 86–87
have feathers 100–101
have human traits 123–124
physical descriptions of 20, 20
and Quetzalcoatl 123
typical of Mesoamerica 18, 27, 99–100
Pohnpeian 253
pointing taboo 248, 249, 253, 255–256. see also ‘Rainbow Taboo’ (RT)
Polish 215
Pollard Worm 31
Polo, Marco 31
Polynesians (undefined groups) 47, 146, 254
Pomo, Southwestern 187
Popoluca, Sierra 157, 161, 166, 231
Popol Vuh (Mayan text) 134
Portuguese 214, 244, 247
Potawatomi 90, 159
pregnancy
endangerment during 104, 173, 187, 189, 192, 193, 242, 244
impregnation by dragons 20, 26–27t, 57, 109–111, 121, 187–190, 191–192, 270, 273
preliterate humans
and animism 7, 137, 175
and bows (weapons) 140–141
and bridge technology 145
and circular rainbows (glories) 258, 259
cognitive capacity of 7, 161, 176, 241, 275–277
and gold 185–186
and rainbows 7, 133–134, 162–163, 236, 277, 281
and Rainbow Serpents 238–239, 266, 267, 269, 275
and the ‘Rainbow Taboo’ (RT) 248
and sunshowers as animal weddings 247
psychological forces, dragons symbolizing 38–39
Pukui, Mary Kawena 64
Puyallup 248
Pygmy peoples 189
Python (Greek dragon) 72, 124
pythons 42, 194, 237, 239. see also rainbows: as gigantic snakes/dragons
Quebec (Canada) 167
Queensland, North 170
Quetzalcoatl (dragon/culture hero of Mexico) 100–101, 123
Quiché/K’iche’ 117
Radcliffe-Brown, A.R. 5, 78, 153, 154, 186, 216, 267, 282, 284
radical diffusionism 24, 43–44, 46, 237–238, 279, 280
radical inductivism 281, 283, 284
Ragay Negritos 160
rain, givers/withholders of. see also chacs (Mayan rain gods/plumed serpents)
Chinese dragons 67, 75, 82, 85–86, 109–110, 127
dragon/rainbow traits, summary of 26–27t, 264–265, 265t
European dragons 85
horned water serpents 69, 83, 85
Indian dragons 73
Japanese dragons 83, 113, 118
nāgas 82, 84
Near Eastern dragons 67, 85, 119
plumed serpents 84, 86, 116
rainbows 166–172, 231–232, 234, 235, 265–266, 271
Rainbow Serpents 154, 155, 162, 235, 280–281
rainbows. see also colors of rainbows; double rainbows; guardians, rainbows as; homes of rainbows; meat-eating rainbows
and anthills/termite mounds 233–235
as belts/scarves/loincloths 145–146, 160, 163
as bows (archer’s weapons) 138–141, 160, 161, 163
as breath of a spirit or giant snake 156–158, 166, 234, 235
as bridges/paths 142–145, 160, 161, 163, 175, 224
broken 223–224
circular (glories) 186–187, 257–260, 274
in the east/west/north/south 228, 229–231
eaten by humans 214
end/foot of 184–186, 225–228, 270
as evil 135, 179, 235, 240
and feces 218–219
as gigantic snakes/dragons 149–156, 160–161, 263–265
in the morning/afternoon 228–229
as nets 147, 160, 161, 163
other depictions of 134, 158–160
as the penis of a deity 148–149, 180, 196, 200, 272
as scythes/swords 141, 160, 163
as the shadow or reflection of a giant snake 65, 156
as signs. see signs, rainbows as
as snares 167–168
as spirits 135, 147, 160, 169, 234, 239
traits, summary of 264, 265t
and urine 217–218
and work 221–222
Rainbow Serpents
ancient belief complex 153, 198, 236–240, 278, 284–285
animistic origins 162–163, 175, 176, 259
myth of Australia 5–6, 275, 282
as origin of the dragon idea 150, 162, 187, 263, 264, 275, 278–286
rainbows as gigantic snakes/dragons 149–156, 160–161, 263–265
separation of dragon and rainbow 8, 161, 162, 269, 274, 278, 279
as unique to Australia 5–6, 162, 194–195, 274, 278
‘Rainbow Taboo’ (RT) XVII, 187, 247–256
Rank, Otto 219
reconstruction, linguistic 283. see also historical linguistics
Reik, T. 219
relics of belief systems. see survivals
religions. see Buddhism; Christianity; Hinduism; Islam; Judaism; paganism (European)
Rendille 160
Rengma Naga 157, 161
reports of dragons. see sightings of dragons
reptilian features. see chimerical bodies; scales
Rhaeto-Romansch 138, 160
Rif 246
Rivers, W.H.R. 44
Roheim, Geza 279
Romanian 213, 214
Romans 120, 149–150, 161, 166, 202, 224, 229, 273
Rossel Island 144, 169
Roth, Walter Edmund 182, 207
The Royal Commentaries of the Inca 215–216
Ruhlen, Merritt 28
Russian 122, 139, 158, 160, 166, 195, 214, 224
Saami/Lappish 139, 160
Sa’a/Ulawa 148, 160, 201, 208, 253
Sabaot/Mount Elgon Maasai 174, 196
Sacred Spring Park (Japan, home to a dragon) 83, 86
sacrificing women to dragons 61, 65, 189
Sagan, Carl 40–41, 42, 43
Saint George (dragon slayer) 14, 40, 48, 70, 102
Saint Michael (dragon slayer) 118
Saint Simeon Stylites 92
Sakai 156, 161, 245
Samoan 205
Samoyed 145, 160
San (Bushmen) 275, 282
San Carlos Apache 100
San Cristobal Island 144, 244
Sanskrit 138, 160, 203
Sapir, Edward 158
Sasak 146, 160
Sassen, Kenneth 258
Satan 97, 112
Saut d’Eau (waterfall) 58, 171, 179
Saxons 120
scales
Chinese dragons 96–97, 102, 113
geographical distribution of 26–27t, 27
Near Eastern dragons 16
as part of chimerical body 18, 176, 268
Scandinavia 71–73, 87, 108. see also Norse mythology
scarves, rainbows as 146, 160, 163
Schlegel, Gustave 179
Scotland. see British Isles
Scottish 21, 29, 35, 99, 112
scythes/swords, rainbows as 141, 160, 163
Scythians 120, 273
Sebuyau (Malaysia) 62–63
Sejourné 123
Selangor 152
Selk’nam 177, 230
Sema Naga 143, 160, 203
Semang 202
Seneca (ethnic group) 55–56, 57, 60, 74, 93, 209, 266
Seneca (Roman writer) 229
Senegal 234
Senoi. see Sakai
Sentani 204, 208
Seram 243
Serbia 213
Serbo-Croatian 139, 160
Sermata archipelago 146, 169
serpents. see anacondas; boa constrictors; dragons; horned water serpents; plumed serpents; pythons; rainbows: as gigantic snakes/dragons; Rainbow Serpents
sex
female dragons/Rainbow Serpents 96, 102, 181. see also Tiamat (Babylonian dragon)
female rainbows 168, 172, 209
male dragons 102
male/female. see androgyny
male rainbows 209
sex change caused by rainbows 213–214
shadows, rainbows as 65, 156
Shakespeare, William 221
shamans 216–217, 232
Shan hai king (classic Chinese text) 122
Shasta 216, 249
shawls, rainbows are 146
Shawnee 111, 191, 194
Sherzer, Joel 255
Shijing (classical Chinese ‘Book of Odes’) 229, 249
Shintō 83, 86, 118, 137
Shoshone 159, 225
Shuswap 114, 118
Siberia 145, 158
sickness or death
caused by dragons 26–27t, 121, 190, 201, 208, 242, 273. see also meat-eating dragons
caused by rainbows 135, 147, 151, 168, 174, 189, 193, 197, 199, 206–209, 220, 225–227, 228, 240, 273. see also meat-eating rainbows; ‘Rainbow Taboo’ (RT)
caused by sunshowers 242, 243–244
Sierra Popoluca 157, 161, 166, 231
sightings of dragons 31, 32, 36, 59, 87, 94, 116
signs, rainbows as
of (bad luck at) work 221–222
bad omens 146, 151, 155, 229–230, 240
of childbirth (double rainbows) 159, 182
of death 182, 224
of death of an important person 156, 207, 220–221, 223, 229
of famine 212, 229
good omens/positive 134–135, 159, 219–220, 235, 264
of memorials 61–62
of menstruation 191
of war 183, 202–206, 223, 228, 229, 273
of the weather 228–229, 230, 231, 240
signs, sunshowers as bad 243, 244
signs of war, dragons as 26–27t, 27, 87, 120, 273
Silesia 184, 215
Simalur 148, 160
Simeulue 148
Simons, Gary F. xix
Sinasina 169
sint-holo (‘sacred snake’) 69, 83, 85, 93
Sirionó 168, 207
Sito (Egyptian divine serpent) 109, 259, 274
Slavic 139, 213
slaying dragons. see Garuda (Hindu gigantic celestial bird); Marduk (dragon slayer); Saint George (dragon slayer); Saint Michael (dragon slayer); Thor (Norse god of thunder); Thunderbirds; Thunderers
Slovenian 195
Smith, G. Elliot 18, 24, 43–46, 280
Smith, W. Robertson 91
snakes. see serpents
snares, rainbows as 167–168
Solomon Islands
Arosi 144, 160, 244
Babatana 253
dragon/rainbow traits, summary of 264, 265t
Eddystone/Mandegusu 224
Lau 208
Nggela 183
Sa’a/Ulawa 148, 160, 201, 208, 253
Telei 252
South Africa 140–141
South America. see individual countries and ethnolinguistic groups
South American animism 137
South American dragons. see also plumed serpents
cause floods 273
draconic traits, summary of 26–27t, 265t
as givers/withholders of rain 84, 86, 171
and menstruation 111, 271
Rainbow Serpents 236, 237–238, 264, 274
in waterfalls 60, 266. see also waterfalls with dragons
South American rainbows 111, 185, 240, 265t, 271, 273
South Asia 26–27t, 27, 142, 167, 264, 265tsee also individual countries
South Carolina 140, 143
Southeast Asia 237, 242, 247, 266. see also individual countries
Southern Mofu/Mofu-Gudur 170, 234
South Sudan 148, 155, 170, 227, 246, 254, 255
Spain 244
Spinden, Herbert 103
Spindleston Heugh (Britain, home to a dragon) 115
spirits 7–8, 137. see also animism; rainbows: as spirits
Stanner, W.E.H. 181
stars, shooting 224
St. John, Spencer 62–63
storms. see whirlwinds/storms and waterspouts
‘Stripping Procedure’ (origins of the dragon idea) 50
Suau 159, 182, 201, 227, 230, 243, 252, 273
Sudan. see Murle; Uduk
Sulawesi
Bare’e 166, 183, 224, 231
Buginese 144, 160
Kaidipang 153, 161, 172
Makasarese 144, 160
Toraja. see Toraja
Sumatra 152–153, 169, 197, 226, 243, 246, 251
Sumerian 119
Sumo/Sumu 70, 98
sun
opposition with dragons 26–27t, 75–76, 101, 265t, 268
opposition with rainbows 76, 176–177, 265t, 269
Sundanese 246, 251
sun dogs and halos 215, 223, 259
sunshowers 241–247
supernatural beings. see spirits
survivals 8–9, 35, 263, 280
Swahili 140, 160
Swanton, John R. 69, 203
swords/scythes, rainbows as 141, 160, 163
symbolic theories (origins of dragons) 37–39, 48
symbolism. see signs, rainbows as; signs of war, dragons as
symbolism of Chinese dragons 126–128
taboos. see also ‘Rainbow Taboo’ (RT)
and menstruation 190–195
pointing taboo 248, 249, 253, 255–256
and sunshowers 242–244
and work 221–222
Taçon, Paul S.C. 275
Tagalog 166, 251
Taiwan 143, 182
Tambul-Korika 154, 161, 243, 244, 252
Tanna Island 167
Tanzania 155, 232
Taoist metaphysics 96, 103, 269
Tapestry School vs. Necklace School 78–79
Tarahumara 91, 135, 137, 179, 198, 217, 231
La Tarasque (dancing dragon of Tarascon, France) 48
Taulipang/Pemon 59
Tawala 144, 160, 224, 243
Taylor, Luke 181
Tboli 208, 251
Tehit 220
Tehuelche 206
Telei 227, 252
Tempasuk Dusun 243
Tennessee 100, 107, 248
termite mounds and rainbows 233–235
Teton Lakota 249
Thailand 180, 199, 221, 228, 230, 251
Thompson (ethnic group) 209, 249
Thompson, J. Eric S. 103
Thompson, Stith 248
Thor (Norse god of thunder) 72, 73, 115
‘Thunder Beings’ 206
Thunderbirds
and Garuda (Hindu gigantic celestial bird) 74, 75
opposition with horned water serpents 68–70, 89–90, 177, 236
wakan (sacred/mysterious) 241
Thunderers 56, 57, 67, 74, 110, 158
thunder gods 72, 73, 74, 115, 139, 240
thunder/lightning
accompanying dragons 69, 94, 104, 118, 154, 185
accompanying rainbows 209, 227
opposition with dragons 26–27t, 67–76, 90, 101, 239, 265t, 268–269
opposition with rainbows 26–27t, 176–177, 200, 211, 232, 236, 265t, 268, 269
rainbows as the penis of thunder 149
rainbows as ‘thunder way/road’ 158, 159
Tiamat (Babylonian dragon) 16, 67, 71, 85, 94, 97
Ticuna/Tucuna/Tukuna 172, 187
Tierra del Fuego 177, 230
Tigrinya 247
Timbira (Eastern) 152, 160, 168
Tiwi 154, 161, 173, 181, 193, 201, 202
Tlingit 143, 160, 203
Toba 121, 172, 191, 202, 218, 250
Toba Batak. see Batak (Toba)
Togo 156
Tok Pisin 209
Tolowa 159, 166
Toltec 123
To Napu Toraja 204, 228
tooth decay caused by rainbows 215–216
‘top down/bottom up’ approach 281, 282–284. see also historical linguistics
Toporov, V. 240
Toraja
(unspecified ethnic groups) 141, 144, 146, 160, 218, 230, 233
Koro 204, 208
To Napu 204, 228
West 197, 204, 220, 222, 226, 228
Totonac 151, 160, 172, 179, 223
toxic breath. see breath, fetid/toxic
traits of dragons/rainbows 26–27t, 265t
transformations
of animals 226–227, 240
of ethnicity 214
of feces into gold 219
human/dragon 35, 59–60, 105, 121, 123, 154, 209–210, 240
of languages 214
of princesses into serpents 92, 115
of sanity-insanity 214, 227
of sex/gender 213–214
treasure. see end of the rainbow; guardians, dragons as; guardians, rainbows as
Tremearne, A.J.N. 234
Tuaran Dusun 143, 144, 145, 146, 160, 169
Tucuna/Tukuna/Ticuna 172, 187
Tulare Lake Yokuts 159, 191
Turrbal 232
Tylor, Edward Burnett x, xi, 8, 78, 137, 263, 279–280
Typhon (Greek dragon) 72, 117, 122, 124
Typhon (Hittite dragon) 93, 122
typhoons. see whirlwinds/storms and waterspouts
Tzotzil 168, 250
Uduk
Ebony Diviners (shamans) 217
rainbows 136, 137, 174, 175, 176, 183, 196, 198, 271
Uganda 174, 197, 254
Ukrainian 244
Ulawa/Sa’a 148, 160, 201, 208, 253
Uma (Balinese goddess) 149, 180, 200, 273
Umatilla 113, 118, 212
unicorns 22
uninventiveness/non-inventiveness of humans. see radical diffusionism
United Kingdom. see British Isles
United States. see also individual states and regions
American Southeast 19, 69, 100, 108, 123, 154, 168
American Southwest 20, 100, 123, 143, 178
southern 246
universality of beliefs 164–165, 276, 280, 281
universals, culture 1, 6, 37, 162, 248
unktehi (horned water serpent) 90, 99
urine 217–218
uroboros (circular serpent) 72, 108, 109, 187, 259–260, 274
Utah 219
Ute 219
Vanuatu 167, 232
Vaux, Bert 245, 246
Venezuela 58–59, 157, 166, 168, 179
Versante, Laura 255
victims. see sacrificing women to dragons; sickness or death
Victoria (Australia) 253
Vikings 49, 120, 273
Vodoun or Voodoo 58, 179, 200
Völsunga saga (Icelandic) 23, 72, 106, 124
vouivre (wyvern) 93, 107
Vovin, Alexander 182
Vritra (Indian dragon) 73, 74
Waiānuenue (‘Rainbow Falls’) 63
wakinyan (Thunderbird) 90
Walker, James R. 241
war, signs of
dragons as 26–27t, 27, 87, 120, 273
rainbows as 183, 202–206, 223, 228, 229, 273
warm-blooded and cold-blooded. see chimerical bodies; fire and water
Warm Springs Apache 97, 100, 113, 195
Washington 248
water. see homes of dragons; homes of rainbows; rain, givers/withholders of
water-drinking rainbows. see also rain, givers/withholders of
Birhor 224
Chinese 150
in etymologies for ‘rainbow’ 139, 150, 152
Hausa 170, 234
Javanese 98, 153, 176
Khamti 152
Kintak Bong 152
Maumere 153
Menik Kaien Negritos 152
Mündü 170
Nyakyusa 155
as origins of dragons/Rainbow Serpents 162, 185, 213, 265–266, 270
Palaung 147
Romans 149–150, 161, 166
Russian 166
Sabaot 196
Toba Batak 169
Yoruba 155, 170
Zulu 136
‘water elk’ 113, 118, 195
waterfalls
crocodiles in 34–35
dragons in 26–27t, 55–66, 93–94, 108, 239, 266–267
rainbows in 58–59, 61, 63–65, 94, 136, 186, 266–267
waterfalls with dragons
Angel Falls 59
French Guiana 59
Horseshoe Falls at Niagara 56, 57
Iguazu Falls 60–62, 65
Kenya 65
Ketane Falls 64–65
Maletsunyane Falls 64
Niagara Falls 55–58, 65, 93, 209, 266, 267, 274
Rainbow Falls at Niagara 58, 266
Saut d’Eau 58, 171, 179
Sebuyau (Malaysia) 62–63
Waiānuenue (‘Rainbow Falls’) 63
‘water horse.’ see nixies ‘water horses/kelpies’
‘water panther’/‘water tiger’ 110–111
water pythons. see pythons
water serpents. see horned water serpents; nāgas
waula (horned serpent) 70
Wayampi/Oyampi 59, 60
weather, controlled by. see also droughts; floods; rain, givers/withholders of; whirlwinds/storms and waterspouts
Chinese dragons 13, 14, 16, 22, 34, 37, 45, 74, 122
dragons (geographical distribution) 25, 26–27t
nāgas 106
plumed serpents 20, 96
primordial dragons 88
Rainbow Serpents 239, 263
Werner, Alice 65, 136, 171, 234
Western Mixe 91
whirlwinds/storms and waterspouts 26–27t, 117–118, 148, 173, 200–202, 272–273
whiskers. see hair
Wik Mungkan 173, 189
Wilkinson, R.J. 107
Williams, Herbert W. 215
Wilson, Meredith 275
wings 13, 16, 18, 94–95, 102, 107, 113, 267
Wintu, McCloud River 191, 240
Wintu, Sacramento River 240
Wishram 158–159, 182
witchdoctors. see shamans
Wittgenstein, Ludwig 28
Wobe 157, 161
Wogiman 193
Woisika 157, 161
Wolamo 145, 160
Wolio 251
Wolof 234
women. see also menstruation
endangered during pregnancy 104, 173, 187, 189, 192, 193, 242, 244
impregnated by dragons 20, 26–27t, 57, 109–111, 121, 187–190, 191–192, 270, 273
preyed on by African dragons 65
preyed on by Chinese dragons 109–110, 270
preyed on by European dragons 22, 38, 65, 101–102, 109, 190, 263, 270
preyed on by nixies 21, 112
preyed on by North American dragons 89, 270
sacrificed to dragons 61, 65, 189
terrified by rainbows 187–190, 240, 270
Wood, Albert E. 13n1
work, rainbows as a sign of bad luck 221–222
worms. see dragons
worship of serpents 194, 237
Wotjobaluk 253, 255
Wrigley, Christopher 231, 232
Xârâcùù 149
Yaqui 90, 105
Yele/Yeletne 144, 160, 169
Yokuts (Tulare Lake) 159, 191
Yoruba 155, 161, 170, 225
Yuchi 143, 160, 168
Yugh 158
Yukaghir 158
Yuki 89, 100, 182, 191
Yurok 148, 159
Zaire 174, 211
Zambia 140, 160, 171, 200
Zande 174
Zela 234
Zimbabwe 140, 160, 171, 196, 198, 200, 228
Zingg, R.M. 231
Zulgo 171
Zulu 136, 137, 156, 161, 174, 196, 208, 247
Zuni 20, 89, 100, 110, 116, 119, 123
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