Dao-holder (lechap), described, [16];
assumption of sign of termination of infancy, [24];
hung over man’s grave, [150];
miniature in final offering to dead, [160]
Daughter, sleeps with mother, [31];
rules regarding inheritance, [98], [99]
Dayang river, [115], [117], [xiii];
Lhotas cross, [xiv], [4];
basin of, Lhota habitat, [1];
Pyotsoja ceremony on bank of, [125];
offering made to, [131]
Dead, the, beliefs regarding, [119], [120], [121];
final departure of, [159];
meaning of dreams of, [171];
offerings to (sochipen), [22], [53], [159], [160];
appeased, [120];
disposal of, methods practised by Naga tribes, [xxiii]–xxvi, [92 n. 1].
Also see Burial, Exposure, Desiccation.
Dead, The Land of the (Etchhili):
beliefs of different tribes regarding, [xxxiii], [xxxiv];
entrance to, on Wokha hill, [22], [119];
passage of souls to, [115] et seq., [155], [159];
spirits of animals also go to, [120];
tiger in, [66];
sun’s lights at night, [172]
Dead, Road of the (etchhilan), [119], [120];
beliefs regarding, [xxxiv];
path leading to Wokha hill always known as, [22];
soul (omon) passes along, [118];
enticed down, [159];
chicken and dog killed to precede omon down, [157];
blocked at rain-compelling, [131];
avoidance of, [143], [146];
at omen taking, [152], [153];
dream of carrying child down presages death, [171]
Death:
ceremonies, ordinary, [156]–160;
immediately after, [157], [159];
burial, [157], [158];
subsequent to burial, [158], [159];
extraordinary (see Apotia) in case of, by drowning, [160]–162;
by tiger or leopard, [162];
houses in which death has occurred receive portion of sacrificial meat at Mshe-etak, [53];
omens of, taken at Tuku emung, [130];
in childbirth, [146]
Debts, inherited, [99];
interest on and repayment of, [45];
wiped out by “apotia” death, [161]
Deer, hunting of, [63]–65;
trap for, [51], [52];
pitfalls for, [67];
Sityingo’s special, [64]
Barking, omen of killing, [65]