Index.
487
of the, by H. Balfour, reviewed,
97-8 Music, Iroquois, 191-3 ; Journal of
the Folk-Sovg Society reviewed,
417-9 ; Balfour's Natural History
of thr. Musical Bow, 97-8 ; N.
American tribes, 20S ; papers at
Paris Congress of Folk-lore, 428-9 ;
Wyandots, 193 Mussels, eaten ceremonially, 259 Mythology of the Bella Coola
Indians, by F. Boas, reviewed by
E. S. Hartland, 301-4 Mytilene, folktales from, 336-9,
452-4
Nahuas, censer-swinging rites, 24 ; tree-climbing rite, 19
Nail and egg placed below corn in sowing basket, Hebrides, 440
Nails, driven into place of murder or stain of blood, Cairo, 389 ; driven in track of witch, 216 ; for fixing up horseshoe against witches, 108 ; found in skulls, 106
Nails, finger, clippings buried with black cock to cure epilepsy, Hebrides, 446 ; parings flung away by Parsis. 99 ; poisonous, 99
Nair women, as related to Nambiitiris of Malabar, 399
Nambiitiris of Malabar, 399
Names, in magical formulas, 1 35-7, 150, 152; restricted to clan in Wyandots, 192-3
Nant Peris, sacred fishes buried, 245
Natural History, The, of the Musical Bow : a Chapter in the Develop- fuental History of Stringed Iiistru- menis of Music, by H. Balfour, re- viewed by W. Crooke, 97-8
Naturgeschichtliche Volksnidrchen aus nah und fern, by O. Daenhardt, reviewed by M. Peacock, 203-4
Nebuchadnezzar, in Hebrew charm, 156
Necausa, see Avezuha
Negro guards treasure in Karnak folktale, 387
Negro Lover, The, Greek folktale, 454-6
Negroid type of certain Indian images, 31-2
Nerthus, see Niord
Netherlands, giants in pageants, 105
Neue Beitrdge zur Kentniss des Volk-
rdthsels, by R. Petsch, reviewed, 312
Neumark, see Zielensig
Newport (Salop), cats' ears and tails cut to prevent trespassing, 457
New Year's Day, first foot in Lanca- shire and Hull, 220
New Year's Eve, wraiths of those about to die seen from church porch, Wiltshire, 345
New Zealand, see Maori
Ngai, deity of Masai, 169
Ngami, Lake, Babel myth from, 100
Nicozda, see Avezuha
Niederlausitz, cat respected, 239 ; killing swallow kills child, 237 ; spider respected, 241
Nightmare spirit, Egypt, 387
Nile : boatmen's songs, 3S5 ; water drunk to free from disease, 3S0
Nimrod in Cairene folktale, 378
Niord, cult of, 83, 283, 293, 297
Norfolk, see North Walsham
Normandy, bee respected, 239 ; Bru- net's Contes Populaires de la Basse Normandie reviewed, 426 ; sala mander butterfly killed, 256
North America : (^see also Alaska ; British Columbia ; Canada ; Cree Indians; Guatemala: Hopi Indians; Mexico; Nahuas; Ojibways ; Omaha Indians ; Pennsylvania ; Yucatan) ; Indian horror of blood, 180; Starr's American Indians reviewed, 206-7
North Cape, Lapps consult black cat, as ancestor, 244
Northcote, Lady R., Devonshire Folklore, 212-7
Northumberland, coloured butterflies killed, 256
North Walsham, owl sacrificed, 253
North- West Slav Lege7ids and Fairy Stories, by W. W. Strickland, re- viewed by M. G., 313-4
Norway : {^see also North Cape ; and Ssetersdal) ; animal forms of guard- ian spirits, 237-8 ; Fro worshipped, 292 ; ancient priesthood, 278-80 ; Sephton's Saga of King Sverri of Norway reviewed, 193-6 ; walrus form of human being, 236
Notebooks, suggested legacy to Folk- lore Society, 437
Nottinghamshire, see Gotham ; and Rushclifi-
Novadaria, see Avezuha
