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.