Shans zu Hause, das Zentrum der Welt ist Feuer. Alle Burningplätze sind da, wo die Bösen für eine Zeitstrafe für ihre Schuld bestraft werden. Die vier Götter, die die Welt erschaffen haben, machten unsere ersten. Jeder gott machte einen Mann und eine Frau. Als diese menschlichen Körper gebildet wurden, aus feuchtem Ton, wurden sie um das Himmelsfeuer gelegt, um zu trocknen; thatis, wie Hitze in den Menschen eindrang. Ein Mann und eine Frau wurden bald aus dem Feuer entfernt, das heißt, es wurden heulende Menschen gemacht. Ein anderes Paar blieb länger in der Nähe des Feuers stehen und wurde leicht gebräunt; so bekamen Shans und Chinesen ihre Kom-Plexionen. Burman

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Shans at home . centre of the world is fire. All the burningplaces are there, where the wicked are for a timepunished for their sins. The four gods who created the world made our firstparents. Each god made one man and one woman.When these human bodies were formed, of damp clay, they were placed round the celestial fire to dry; thatis how heat entered into man. One man and onewoman were soon removed from the fire ; that is howwhite people were made. Another pair were left alittle longer near the fire and became slightly browned;that is how Shans and Chinese people got their com-plexions. Burmans and really dark people descendfrom a pair who were well baked, and the last pairwere so long beside the fire that they became quite This fable varies according to the notions of the story-teller.One version is that Mount Meru rests on the back of an elephant ;the elephant upon a dragon ; the dragon on a turtle ; the turtle ona lake or ocean, and the ocean on wind, or, as some say, on nothingat all.—W. W. C, . MOUNT MBRU RESTING ON THE GREAT FISH, THE SUN (A PEACOCK) ANDTHE MOON (a hare) CIRCLING ROUND IT. FROM A SHAN PAINTING. 305 2o6 SHAN COSMOGONY AND THE CREATION burned; that is the reason why some people areblack. The breath of the gods made the first men andwomen live, and it is the same till this day, for whenthe breath of the gods is taken from us, we die. The elephant, the monkey, and the bulbul are coevalwith man, having been created at the same time, beforethe other creatures. They are wiser than otheranimals, because they have lived longer on the earth, some time elapsing before the others were created. In all, counting insects, reptiles, birds, and beasts, there are 100, 000, 000 creatures. After all the animals had been created they presentedthemselves before the gods and begged that a kingshould be given to rule over them. The doves had aking, the monkeys have always had a king, and eachrace of creatures had its own ruler, but it was not easyto choose that one who

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