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Index,

Naples, Pesce Nicolo of, 230

Nasnas, demon, the, 173

Nason, R. M., Burial Custom (in Northumberland) 254

Native Tribes, The, of Central Aus- tralia, by Baldwin Spencer and F. J. Gillen, reviewed by E. S. Hartland, 233 ; comments of Jevons

°"' 379 . Nature worship, the original religion

of Japan, 313 Necklace of Indian ascetics, origin of,

418 Neqoi'stem fall, North America,

legend of, 216 Nereids, as disease-givers, 168 Nerses, the Graceful, allegories by,

473.

Neston, locking doors during marriage

ceremony at, 350 Netherlands, folklore of, Hartjesdag

the, 246, punishment of dyke-

injurer in, 361 New Year's eve, the beasts endowed

with reason on, Cos, 177 tide. Crown of Thorns woven at,

Herefordshire, 489 Newbold, Christmas Mummers at, 187 Newt, the. Superstitions relating to,

E. Peacock, 251 Nibelung Treasure, the, in English,

by L. F. Mott, 477 Nicola valley, men of turned to rocks,

213 Night, {see also Midnight and

Sleepers), dangers of going out at

Ireland, 122 Nightingale, sent as messenger, Greek

Isles, 183 Nightmares, Scandinavian folklore,

460 Nihongi, the, sacred book of Japan,

295-6, myths in, 297 Nile rising, importance to Egypt,

109 ; sources in Paradise, 230 Nimchahrah demon, Persia, 172-3 Niwal Dai, story of, India, 417 Nocturnal Adventures, Wexford,

362-3

Nodhbandagh the Gold-Scatterer,

Baloch Hero, 407 Noises in the ear, evil omen, Greek

Isles, 181 Non-committal answers of African

natives, 287 Noorele and his Sons, Murring belief

concerning, 32 ; 37

Norfolk folklore. May Ladies at King's Lynn, {ill.), 443 ; super- stition regarding women. 365 Norito, Shinto liturgies, 296 Normandy, St. Michael's Mount in,

359 North America, absence of domesti-

able animals in, 376, in relation to

totemism, 377 Northamptonshire, folklore of,

method of finding the drowned

in, 114 Northumberland, touching face of

corpse to prevent dreaming of the

deceased, 254 Norway, legendary cause of the Black

death in, 460 ; musical elves of,

459 ; sacred spring and horsehoof

print at, Vatna's church in, 460 Nosses or Brownies, Scandinavian

folklore, characteristics and dress

of, 460 " Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort "

errata in, etc., by R. E. Dennett,

"3 Notre Dame cathedral, Paris, Devils

of, 359

Ntlakapamuq Indians, British Columbia, and the story of Sqaktktquaclt, 195

Ntengu bird, in African folktales, 224, 284

Numerals used in enchantment, 307, 418

Numbers, magic, India, 418

Nurrulbooroo, All-seeing spirit, Aus- tralia, 491

Nut, magic, 496

Nutt, A., Ethnological Data in Folk- lore, a Reply, 143 ; Presidential Address, Britain and Folklore, 71; reviews by, Curtin's Creation Myths of Primitive America, 341 ; Groome's Gypsy Folk-Tales, zy^ ; Pineau's Vieux Chants Poptilaire Scandinaves, 95

Oak-leaves at May festivals, 102

tree, and Zeus, 19

Oaths in Indian folklore, 408-10

Oeneus, 453

Offerings, Indian, must involve self- denial, 407

Offley, Sir John, his caul, loi

Ogres, in Greek folklore, see Lesbos ; in Indian folktales, {see Rakhas'