526
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'
