Addenda

These are items mentioned in The World in Play. While the lists offered here are too detailed for inclusion within the text of the stories, they may be of interest or help to the reader.

The 41 Pieces of the Cosmic Egg

minor tianyuan

m1 : Disk
m2 : Rattle
m3 : Flute
m4/m5 : Glass Knife/Thunderstrike
m6 : Stylus
m7 : Hourglass
m8 : Ruby
m9 : Fire
m10 : Horn Cup
m11 : Answer
m12 : Fan
m13 : Monocle
m14 : Drum
m15 : Ring
m16 : Shell
m17 : Nut
m18 : Spiral Horn
m19 : Emerald
m20 : Dagger
m21 : Wheel

Major tianyuan

M1 : Bowl
M2 : Ribbon
M3 : Bead
M4 : Bottle
M5 : Candlestick
M6 : Ivory Comb
M7 : Bell
M8 : Stick
M9: Die
M10 : Rope
M11 : Ruby
M12 : Pierced Bowl
M13 : Statue
M14 : Penny
M15 : Tripod
M16 : Needle
M17 : Chime
M18 : Mirror
M19 : Stone Box
M20 : Wand
M21 : Gameboard

This is the list the Innkeepers compiled over the Northern Autumnal Equinox. This is their best guess at what the tianyuan look like here and now. The Pieces of the Egg may have appeared as different manifestations in different places or at different times. As explained in Consequences: The World in Play: Chapter 6, the Innkeepers cannot decide if the doubly named minor piece should be called the Glass Knife or the Thunderstrike. They are certain that both the fragment called the Glass Knife and the fragment called the Thunderstrike are minor pieces of the Egg. They are uncertain what shape, exactly, the fragment/s is/are at the moment.

The forty-one items can be sorted according to many criteria: The classic metals: m1 disk of silver; M14 copper coin; M18 mirror of mercury; m3 tin flute; M13 gold statute; m11 answer( a folded strip of lead, as used by the priestess at Dodona). Instrumental: M7 bell; M17 chime; m3 flute; m2 rattle; m14 drum and possibly M14 bottle. Torus: m21 wheel; M3 bead; m15 ring; M12 pierced bowl; and sometimes m16 needle. The minor piece, m3 flute, is a multi-torus. The classic four elements: m6 fire; m7 hourglass, dust/earth; m10 horn cup, water; m3 flute and m12 fan, air. And so forth.

The Pieces of the Egg have inspired a huge fanfic library.

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Cambells is vat produced blood; as Ann says, there is no more onus on it than on any other grocery product. In fact, one incurs less karmic burden buying Cambells than if one buys eggs from factory hens. Cambells is sold in eight antigenically typed "flavors" —Rh positive and negative O, A, B, and AB. Vampires often have decided tastes for one flavor over another. Cambells is sold in single flavor packs of eight 15 ounce cans and in mixed party packs of eight 5.5 ounce cans.

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The menu from Ann's Thanksgiving dinner in Consequences/Chapter 6

Hors d'oeuvres

Oysters
Figs wrapped in Prosciutto
Duck and Apricot Paté
Pear and rocket wrapped in Bresaola
Smoked Trout Mousse on Beet Roti
Canapés Diane

Chablis and Cabernet Sauvignon

Dinner

Curry Soup
Mushroom timbale/Sherry
Grilled game hen with rustic grilled roasted potatoes/Chardonnay
Rack of lamb and bundled green beans/Pinot noir
Chocolate Bombe/Raspberry agua fresca
Fruit and Cheese/Sherry or Port

Most of the food served was grown and processed with in 50 miles of Ann's house. Coffee, tea, chocolate and vanilla beans were imported. All the beverages, including the after dinner brandy, were from California.

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Yunü ~ The translation is 'jade maiden'. "Jade maidens, celestial attendants. You see them in paintings, standing around Xiwangmu or one of her fellow gods, holding incense burners or sunshades." They are mentioned in Taoist and general Chinese mythology. They have many aspects, some contradictory. They are ideal partners in Tantric Yoga and the most trustworthy confidential maids and messengers. They can assume any human form and may be instructors in a variety of disciplines. In Consequences, both Wenya and Chuju (Margaret Hawkins) are yunü in the service of Long Dianchi's grandmother.