ABSTRACT
The dog presides over certain years and hours as one of the twelve animals in the horary cycle. It dominates the watch which falls' between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Women. born at this time are in danger of losing their children, which are snatched from their homes by the Heavenly Dog, and can only protect them by procuring a portrait of Chang Hsien (lIE .fill ) which is hung in the bedchamber. The Immortal is shown with his bow bent towards the skies in which is a likeness of a winged dog, flying below the clouds.
