Note 20 — Chapter XIX · Rival Deities of Life and Death, Sunshine and Storm
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The Chinese Buddhists believed in a Naga that, by means of a single drop of water, could give rain to one or two kingdoms, and even prevent the sea from drying up.20 Similarly a single tear from Isis-Hathor, as the star Sirius, that fell on the “Night of the Drop”, caused the Nile to rise in flood.