Nicobarese, their sham-fights to gratify the dead, [96]

Niederpöring in Bavaria, Whitsuntide custom at, [206] sq.

Niué or Savage Island, [219]

Nöldeke, Professor Th., [179] n.4

Normandy, Burial of Shrove Tuesday in, [228]

Norsemen, their custom of wounding the dying, [13] sq.

North Africa, festivals of swinging in, [284]

—— American Indians, their funeral celebrations, [97];

their firm belief in immortality, [137]

Nyakang, founder of the dynasty of Shilluk kings, [18] sqq.