Reading (Notes) Up with the Jones
Portucala thellusonii, a hand-coloured engraving after a drawing by Miss S. A. Drake (fl. 1820s-1840s), from the 26th volume of the Botanical Register (1840), edited by John Lindley. Found on wikimedia . Yang Oerlang This story is from The Chinese Fairy Book , ed. by R. Wilhelm and translated by Frederick H. Martens (1921). The daughter of the ruler of heaven came down to earth and got married. When she returned to heaven, she was pregnant with a son. The ruler was not happy and banished her to earth, covering her with hills. Her son was born, and he was very talented. Oreland has gifted in transformations, mastering many forms by the time ha was an adult. He went to the hills and rescued his mother from within. They stopped to rest and the mother was thirsty. Her son fetched her water from the bottom of the valley, but when he returned, she was no longer there. He searched for her, finally finding her skin, bones and blood stains on a rock nearby. She was divine, but her f...