Names, importance of, [341]
Nature, [1]–7, [10]–15;
influence of kings, chiefs, or magicians over, [36], [60], [106]–109, [262], [263]
Navel, of the earth, [3];
of the sea, [7]–9
Night-jar, origin of the Malay name of the, [121], [122]
Noise, objection of spirits to, [231], [257], [258]
Nursery rhymes, [494]–502
Oaths, [64], [273], [525] (note)
Omens, from natural events, [15], [129], [144], [264], [411], [534], [535];
from incense, [76], [410], [411];
from the rice-paste ceremony, [78];
from birds, [111], [112], [123], [535];
from dreams, [142], [144], [305], [562]–566;
from the direction of things falling, [180], [296], [297], [330], [357], [409];
from sounds, [210], [299];
from actions, [264], [349], [351], [533], [534];
from scattered rice, [411]–414;
from animals, [254], [534], [535], [561];
from the lines of the hand, [561], [562]
Orchids, [205] (note)
Ordeals, [542]–544