Ninus, Assyrian hero, ix. 391
Nirriti, goddess of evil, in Brahman ritual, ix. 25
Nirvana, Buddhist monks seek to attain, through voluntary death by fire, iv. 42
Nisan, a Jewish month, vii. 259 n. 1, ix. 356, 361, 415
Nishga Indians of British Columbia, their use of effigies as substitutes to save the lives of people, viii. 106 sq.
Nishinam Indians of California, ceremony performed by childless women among the, i. 70 sq.;
secrecy of personal names among the, iii. 326;
husbands never call their wives by name among the, iii. 338
Niska Indians of British Columbia, their cannibal rites, vi. 20;
rites of initiation among the, xi. 271 sq.