in fire, divination by, 237, 239, 241, 242, 245
Nyanja chief, ii. [314]
Nyanja-speaking tribes of Angoniland, their customs as to girls at puberty, i. 25 sq.
Nyassa, Lake, i. 28, 81;
people to the east of, crawl through an arch as a precaution against sickness, evil spirits, etc., ii. [181]
Oak associated with thunder, i. 145;
worshipped by the Druids, ii. [76] sq., [301];
the principal sacred tree of the Aryans, [89] sq.;
human representatives of the oak perhaps originally burnt at the fire-festivals, [90], [92] sq.;
children passed through a cleft oak as a cure for rupture or rickets, [170] sqq.;