Gods and devils of mankind : the whole dark picture strikingly contrasted with the beauty and purity of revealed religion / by Frank S. Dobbins ; assisted by Hon. S. Wells Williams (1897)
Dobbins, Frank S. (Frank Stockton), 1855-1916 · [S.l.] · leaf 497
nese myth: A gambler once went to a temple, to secure the help of a certain god therein. Hisluck had been bad, and hewas unable to bring any ob-lation besides incense andpaper money; but he prom-ised that, if the god wouldhelp him to win a certainsum, he would then bring athank-offering having ten… … GOD OF GAMBLING. ffOME-LIFR UNDER CONFUCIANISM. AqJ his altar, should the gambler succeed. So he favoredthe gambler, and caused him to gain even more than thestipulated sum. The gambler fulfilled the letter of hispromise by laying a single crab on the altar. The godwas very angry at being thus…
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