Note 7 — VIII.—WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY.
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“The Pʻoh of drought is doing mischief.”—The Pʻoh is the Shên of drought. In the South there is a man of two or three feet high, naked and having his eyes in the top of his head. He runs like wind. His name is Pʻoh. Where he appears there is drought. Another name is “the Mother of Drought.” It belongs to the class of elves.—Book of Poetry, Ta Ya.
When the shên of mountains and rivers caused floods or drought or pestilence they made a special sacrifice to drive them away. This was called Ying.—Tso-chuen. ↑