MDMD(4) - Giant rob'd Beings (108.9-12)

[Scott Eric Kaufman]

On Sun, 20 Jul 1997, Doug Millison wrote:

> One possible connection that comes to mind, far-fetched perhaps but perhaps
> not given the other Chinese references in M & D, is to the company of "8
> celestial beings crossing the ocean"  (in the pingyin romanization:  "ba
> xian guo hai") a popular tale (every child knows it) of Chinese mythology.

Maybe my memory of what was read to me at bedtime becomes a little less
sturdy with each passing year, or maybe I'm remembering correctly:

Isn't it _7_ Chinese brothers that cross the ocean?  I can't remember the
name of the specific telling I was read to from, but I could recognize the
pictures in an instant . . . not that that's here or there.

Scott Kaufman 
skaufm1 at tiger.lsu.edu