NANGA (Fijian harvest festival), orgies at, 195 Ná-pi (Blackfoot deity), 90 Natos (Blackfoot deity), 295 Nature's processes assisted by magical rites, 82, 83 Nebuchadnezzar, 140 Nepaul: period of licence, 187 New England: the god Kiehtan, 20, 21; religious beliefs, 38 New Guinea, British: character of decorative art, 249 New South Wales: native sacrifice of the first-born, 54 New Zealand: the king's mana or magical power, 99 Ngoio (Congo): daily kings, 104 Niscaminou (Red Indian deity), 295 Nöldeke, Professor, on the feast of Purim, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 172, 176, 177, 179 Noorele (Australian creator), 39, 40, 41, 66 North American Indians, religious beliefs of, 88, 89. _See_ also under tribal names Nursia (Australia) Benedictine Mission at, 12 Nyankupon (West Africa), 39
OHIO, stone markings in, 243 Ointment used by fire-walkers, 293 Okeus (aboriginal Canadian god), 20, 21, 90 Oki (Huron word for spirit), 19, 21, 22, 42 Okki (Lafitau's 'Grand Esprit'), 19 'Old Mars' (Roman god and scapegoat), 190 Omuambo creation tales, 237 Ontake Jinsha (Shintoists): fire-walking, 291 Oorooma (native Australian hell), 37 Oppert, Dr.: fire-walking, 286 Orestes, story of his temple to Diana, 208, 209, 218 Otyihereró: different names for god and spirit, 236 Ovaherero, the (African tribe), god of, 236 Oxford University, and the study of anthropology, 7
PALMER, Mr., on the tribes of the Gulf of Carpentaria, 42, 44; cited, 74 Pan, legend of, 91 Parker, Mrs. Langloh, on unborrowed character of Australian beliefs, 34, 35, 36; prayers for the dead, 36; cited, 297 Parmentier, M., on the Saturnalia, 113 note, 114; on the Sacæa, 118; cited, 183, 301 Pascal, Dr. Th.: fire-walking, 290 Patterns, incised, on portable small stones, 253 Pausanias, quoted, 209 Pei-a-mei. _See_ Baiame Period of Licence, the, 105 _et seq._ Persia: annual sacrifice of a criminal proxy king, 77; ride of the beardless buffoon, 167, 168, 169, 171, 301-305 Philippine Islanders: religious beliefs, 90 Phurdigan (Persian feast), 149 Pin-sticking of enemy's image, 3 Pirnmeheal (Australian god), 34, 66 Pliny, 108; on the Druids, 215, 216 Podmore, Mr., on fire-handling, 272 Polynesia: tattooing, 243; taboo, 259 Ponder, Mr. Stephen: fire-walking in Straits Settlements, 286 Pondo: period of licence, 188, 195 Priest, the ghastly, of the Arician grove of Diana, 207 _et seq._ Proserpine (goddess), 208, 211, 212 Prussian king, 'God's mouth,' self-immolation, 98, 130 Puluga (Andamanese god), 224, 226 Purdaghân (Persian festival), 189 Purim (Jewish festival): date, origin, rites, details, theories, conjectures, analogies, 77, 118, 119, 124, 141, 142, 145-160, 161, 162, 163, 168, 169, 176-181, 188, 189, 194, 198, 202