Nyanza, Lake, incarnate human god of, i. 395
——, Lake Victoria, vii. 118
Nyanza region, kings banished for drought in the, i. 353
Nyassa, Lake, iii. 97, viii. 99, 112, ix. 10, x. 28, 81;
people to the east of, crawl through an arch as a precaution against sickness, evil spirits, etc., xi. 181
Nyassa-Tanganyika plateau, custom of carriers to deposit stones on heaps in the, ix. 10 sq.
Nyassaland, women will not name their husbands in, iii. 336
Nyeledit, the Supreme Being of the Nuehr, viii. 39
Nyikpla or Nyigbla, a negro divinity, associated with falling stars, iv. 61, viii. 45
Nymphs of oaks at Rome, ii. 172, 185;