Language, [207]–225;
languages of Naga tribes, classification of, [xvi];
line of cleavage between north-eastern and other groups, north-eastern group resembles Kuki-Bodo languages, [xxxv], [xxxvi]
Lantsoa (road-making), second portion of marriage ceremony, [148], [149], [154]
Lanvung (Angami, Chadangi), path-clearing ceremony, [52];
precedes Rangsikam in Akuk, [51]
Laughing thrush, not eaten, [76]
Lazemi, village, [90]
Leaf, various kinds of, as medicines, [80];
bunches of, held to keep off evil influence, [118], [141 n. 2];
put over door to denote house as “sacred,” [141]
Leech, applied to sprains, protection against bites, [81]
Left, associated with female, females sit on ——, [34];
bride on, [150], [151], [154];
bride’s garment placed on ——, [152];
associated with number nine in ceremonies, [47], [49], [128];
fire waved from —— to right in Liritang, [54];
wings of death chicken hung on —— wall, [157];
—— hand used in sacrifices, [34], [128], [140]
Legends: see also Folk Tales.
Ancestors emerging from earth, [xx], [3], [88], [89], [90];
ancestors descending from sky, [91]
Cloud impregnates daughter of god, [xx]
Fighting stones, [xv], [xxxiv], [117]
Girls emerging from oranges, etc., [xv], [xxxiv], [188 n. 1]
Jungle men, [xv], [xxi], [89], [90]
Kezakenoma stone, [3], [4], [167]
Men turned into Gibbons, [92 n. 1], [184]
Village site selected by sow littering, [5]
Women impregnated by hornbill’s feather, [89]