Nerthus, old German goddess, ii. [28] n. 1

Nestelknüpfen, i. 346 n. 2

Nets fumigated with smoke of need-fire, i. 280

Nettles, Indians beaten with, as an ordeal, i. 64

Neuchatel, Midsummer fires in the canton of, i. 172

Neumann, J. B., on the Batta doctrine of souls, ii. [223] n. 2

Neustadt, in Silesia, Midsummer fires at, i. 170;

near Marburg, the need-fire at, 270

New birth of novices at initiation, ii. [247], [251], [256], [257], [261], [262] sq.

—— body obtained at initiation, ii. [252]