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Nagas. Mountain dragons, [208]
Nails. See Finger-nails
Nameless. Universe originated from, [91]
“Nan K’o Mêng.” Dream of the South Branch; story of, [410] sq.
Nan-chi Hsien-wêng. Ancient Immortal of the South Pole, [154]; helps Chiang Tzŭ-ya against Shên Kung-pao, [156]–[157]; orders White Crane Youth to seize Shên Kung-pao’s head, [156]; has it restored, [157]; reproves Shên Kung-pao, [157]; fights with Chang Shao, [158]–[159]
Nature Myth. Yü Huang and a, [133]
Navy. Modern Chinese, [34]
Neptune, The Chinese. See Dragon-king-s
New Territory. See Sinkiang
New Year. Festival of, [43]
New Year’s Eve. Festival of, [45]
Niang-tzŭ. And the origin of the Liang-ti Lake, [405]–[406]
Niu Huang. Ox-yellow, or bezoar, [146]
No-cha. See Li No-cha
North Star. Goddess of the—see Tou Mu
Nü. First woman, [82]
Nü Hsi. See Nü Kua
Nü Kua Shih, Nü Hsi, or Nü Wa. A mythical sovereign, one of the alleged progenitors of the Chinese race; sister and successor of Fu Hsi, [16], [81]–[82]; repairer of the heavens, [72], [81]–[82], [224]–[225]; description of, [81]; Nü and Kua legend, [82]
Nü Wa. See Nü Kua
Nung. The Agriculturists; the second class of the people, [28] Page 544