<P> In Buddhism , legend has it that Gautama Buddha summoned all of the animals of the Earth to come before him before his departure from this Earth , but only 12 animals actually came to bid him farewell . To reward the animals who came to him , he named a year after each of them . The years were given to them in the order they had arrived . </P>
<P> In Buddhism , legend has it that Gautama Buddha summoned all of the animals of the Earth to come before him before his departure from this Earth , but only 12 animals actually came to bid him farewell . To reward the animals who came to him , he named a year after each of them . The years were given to them in the order they had arrived . </P>
according to legend who created the chinese zodiac
according to legend who created the chinese zodiac
Gautama Buddha
Gautama Buddha