Miners, special language employed by, 407, 409

Mirrors, superstitions as to, 93;

covered after a death, 94 sq.

Miscarriage in childbed, dread of, 149, 152 sqq.;

supposed danger of concealing a, 211, 213

Moab, Arabs of, 280;

their custom of shaving prisoners, 273

Moabites, King David's treatment of the, 273 sq.

Mohammed bewitched by a Jew, 302 sq.

Mongols, their recall of the soul, 44;

sacred books of the, 384

Montezuma, 121

Monumbos, the, 169, 238

Mooney, J., 318 sqq.

Moquis, the, 228

Moral guilt regarded as a corporeal pollution, 217 sq.

Morality developed out of taboo, 213 sq.;

shifted from a natural to a supernatural basis, 213;

survival of savage taboos in civilised, 218 sq.

Morice, A. G., 146 sq.

Mosyni or Mosynoeci, the, 124

Mother-in-law, the savage's dread of his, 83 sqq.;

her name not to be mentioned by her son-in-law, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346

Mothers, African kings forbidden to see their, 86;

named after their children, 332, 333

Mourners, customs observed by, 31 sq., 159 n.;

tabooed, 138 sqq.;

bodies of, smeared with mud or clay, 182 n.2;

hair and nails of, cut at end of mourning, 285 sq.

Mourning of slayers for the slain, 181

Mouse, soul in form of, 37, 39 n.2

Mouth closed to prevent escape of soul, 31, 33;

soul in the, 33;

covered to prevent entrance of demons, etc., 122

Muata Jamwo, the, 118, 290

Mud smeared on feet of bed, 14;

plastered on head, 182

Munster, kings of, 11

Murderers, taboos imposed on, 187 sq.

Murrams, the, of Manipur, 292

Muysca Indians, 121

Myths of gods and spirits to be told only in spring and summer, 384;

to be told only in winter, 385 sq.;

not to be told by day, 384 sq.

Nails, prohibition to cut finger-nails, 194;

of children not pared, 262 sq.

—— and hair, cut, disposal of, 267 sqq.;

deposited in sacred places, 274 sqq.;

stowed away in any secret place, 276 sqq.;

kept for use at the resurrection, 279 sqq.;

burnt to prevent them from falling into the hands of sorcerers, 281 sqq.

Nails, iron, used as charms against fairies, demons, and ghosts, 233, 234, 236

—— parings of, used in rain-charms, 271, 272;

swallowed by treaty-makers, 246, 274

Name, the personal, regarded as a vital part of the man, 318 sqq.;

identified with the soul, 319;

the same, not to be borne by two living persons, 370

Names of relations tabooed, 335 sqq.;

changed to deceive ghosts, 354 sqq.;

of common objects changed when they are the names of the dead, 358 sqq., 375, or the names of chiefs and kings, 375, 376 sqq.;

of ancestors bestowed on their reincarnations, 368 sq.;

of kings and chiefs tabooed, 374 sqq.;

of supernatural beings tabooed, 384 sqq.;

of gods tabooed, 387 sqq.;

of spirits and gods, magical virtue of, 389 sqq.;

of Roman gods not to be mentioned, 391 n.1;

lucky, 391 n.1;

of dangerous animals not to be mentioned, 396 sqq.

Names, new, given to the sick and old, 319;

new, at initiation, 320

—— of the dead tabooed, 349 sqq.;

not borne by the living, 354;

revived after a time, 365 sqq.

—— personal, tabooed, 318 sqq.;

kept secret from fear of magic, 320 sqq.;

different in summer and winter, 386

Namesakes of the dead change their names to avoid attracting the attention of the ghost, 355 sqq.;

of deceased persons regarded as their reincarnations, 365 sqq.

Naming the dead a serious crime, 352, 354;

of children, solemnities at the, connected with belief in the reincarnation of ancestors in their namesakes, 372

Namosi, in Fiji, 264

Nandi, the, 175, 273, 310, 330

Nanumea, island of, 102

Narbrooi, a spirit or god, 60

Narcissus and his reflection, 94

Narrinyeri, the, 126 sq.

Natchez, customs of manslayers among the, 181

Nats, demons, 90

Natural death of sacred king or priest, supposed fatal consequences of, 6, 7

Navajo Indians, 112 sq., 325, 385

Navel-string used to recall the soul, 48

Nazarite, vow of the, 262

Nelson, E. W., 228, 237

Nets to catch souls, 69 sq.;

as amulets, 300, 307

New Britain, 85

—— Caledonia, 92, 141

—— everything, excites awe of savages, 230 sqq.

—— fire made by friction, 286

—— Hebrides, the, 56, 127

—— names given to the sick and old, 319;

at initiation, 320

—— Zealand, sanctity of chiefs in, 134 sqq.

Nias, island of, conception of the soul in, 29;

custom of the people of, 107;

special language of hunters in, 410;

special language employed by reapers in, 410 sq.

Nicknames used in order to avoid the use of the real names, 321, 331

Nicobar Islands, customs as to shadows at burials in the, 80 sq.

Nicobarese, the, 357;

changes in their language, 362 sq.

Nieuwenhuis, Dr. A. W., 99

Night, King of the, 23

Nine knots in magic, 302, 303, 304

Noon, sacrifices to the dead at, 88;

superstitious dread of, 88

Nootka Indians, their idea of the soul, [pg 439] 27;

customs of girls at puberty among the, 146 n.1;

their preparation for war, 160 sq.