A feather in your cap to hunting can be found in the cultures of highland peoples in Scotland and Wales where it is still customary for the hunter who kills the first woodcock to pluck out a feather and stick it in his cap. Other examples of feathers in caps which appear to be related to hunters and warriors can be found in mythological stories of historical figures such as the Austrian bailiff of Altdorf, Albrecht Gessler an aggressor who made Swiss national hero William Tell shoot an apple from the head of his son. Indeed, the Tyrolean hat of today, worn in the Austrian
A Supplement to the Journey to the West which dates the writing of the novel to 1640. The "Supplement"'s episode of the torture of Qin Hui in hell has many elements that appeared in earlier fictional literature. The idea of someone serving as an adjunct king of hell was first mentioned in a collection of oral traditions called "Popular tales of the Record of the Three Kingdoms" (三国志评话), the literary ancestor of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms." This was one of five such compilations printed in the "Newly Published, Fully Illustrated Pinghua" (新刊全相评话) series during the reign of Yuan Emperor Yingzhong (1321-1323). It was later popularized in