NO. I 



INDEX 



331 



Na Bo Ntsong. {See Witch.) 



Na Bo Tsai (mythical person), 21b 



Nails hold sky, I79a 



Naked demon, 45b 



Nao Nun, 15a, 15b 



Ndo Glang (sky demon), 8 



Needle in knee, 34a 



New Year, 85-86, 88a, 166b, 170a, 184b, 220a, 

 234b; New Year song, 166b. (See also K'a 

 Gei.) 



Night, origin of, 216b 



Nipples, 49b 



Novels. {See Hsi-yo-chi.) 



Ntzi" (clan name, like Chang), 156b 



Ntzi" (high god of Miao, in heaven), 5, 6, 7, 8, 

 11, 12a, 13, 14b, 15a, 16, 17, 18a, 19a, 23, 

 26b, 30b, 33, 34a, 37a, 39a, 42, 43, 44a, 

 48a, 50b, 51b, 52, 53a, 54a, 55b, 64, 73, 75b, 

 78a, 79a, 80b, 81b, 84a, 85b, 87b, 100a, 118a, 

 119b, 131, 134b, 140b, 167a, 185b, 190a, 195a, 

 197b, 198a, 199a, 204b, 205a, 218a, 220a, 

 221a, 226b, 240, 241b, 243a, 251b, 264a, 287a, 

 288a. {See also God, Shepherd of God.) 



Oak, 82a 



Ocean, 12b. {See also Flood.) 



Octuplets, 286 



Official (Chinese), 18a, 23a, 34b, 90b, 91, 139a, 

 142, 149a, 151b, 163b, 183a, 214b, 220b, 

 232a, 247a, 272a. {See also Headman, Judge, 

 Magistrate, Minister, Yuan Wai.) 



Orange, 89a 



Oriole, 95b, 96b 



Orphan, 166b, 185, 186a, 192a, 195a, 205b, 

 206a, 209, 226a, 227b, 233b, 234, 235a, 236a, 

 237b, 241b-242, 244-245, 252, 255b, 263a, 

 278; orphan as hero, 248; orphan becomes 

 emperor, 244, 249; orphan deserted, 252, 

 253b; orphan helps emperor, 247b; orphan 

 marries star, 250 



Pai Jen (tribe), 261a 



Palace built in one night, 209a, 227a, 228b, 

 250b, 252b; palace in heaven, 96a; palace of 

 emperor, 18b. {See also Pavilion.) 



P'an Ku (mythical cultural hero; Chinese), 

 18b, 28, 215b; P'an Ku was a trapper, 288a; 

 P'an Ku was very old, 224b 



Paper money (for sacrifices), 39a, 40, 134a, 

 212b. {See also Money, Spirit money.) 



Paradise, 43, 54a. {See also Hades, Sky.) 



Parents killed and eaten, 20 



Patrilocal marriage system, origin of, 22 



Pavilion, 96a, 246a, 255, 256a; pavilion in 

 heaven, 54. {See also Palace.) 



Pea, 95b 



Peach, 190a, 279; peach bark used in cere- 

 monies, 21a; peach is antidemonic, 215b, 

 219b, 221b; peach tree, 238a 



Pear tree, 277a 



Pearls, 170b; pearls of dragon, 248b; pearls of 



fox, 138a; pearls of snake, 170b 

 Peking (city), 183a, 286b 

 P'eng-tsu (Chinese Methuselah; see P'an Ku) 

 Perspiration, 187a 

 Pestilence, 46, 47a, 263b. {See also Diseases, 



Exorcism, Malaria, Smallpox.) 

 Pheasant, 21a 



Picture bride, 141b-142, 183a, 249a 

 Pig, 15a, 99a, 106b, 184b, 185a, 200a, 201b, 



207b, 208, 241b, 269b-270a, 277b, 282b; pig 



as sacrificial animal, 20b, 78a, 82, 84, 85a, 



92a; pig pen as bedroom, 253a; pig works, 



122a 

 Pigeon, 16, 18a 

 Pine, 82a 



Pipe (for smoking), 165b, 245a, 254a, 284a 

 Plow, 32a, 94b, 96b, 152, 181a, 185a, 186a, 



195a, 199a, 207a, 233b, 236, 271b; iron plow, 



19a; origin of plow, 23b 

 Plowing, 170a, 183a. {See also Agriculture, 



Hoe.) 

 Plum tree, 238a 



Poison, 102, 126a, 140a; poison arrow, 15b, 33a 

 Pole, ceremonial, 33b. {See also Flag.) 

 Poor girl, 133. {See also Beggar, Orphan.) 

 Praying mantis as mother of girl, 31b 

 Pregnancy of princess caused by Miao, 219b 

 Priest (mo), 5, 53b, 54, 55, 56, 71, 74a, 77a, 



80b, 81, 82b, 83b, 84a, 86a, 2I6a. {See also 



Magician, Mo, Shaman, Tuang kung.) 

 Prime minister (Chinese), 220b, 277b, 278a, 



285b; prime minister is Miao, 249a 

 Princess invites a lover, 255b-256a; princess 



marries a Miao, 278a. {See also Emperor, 



Pregnancy.) 

 Prostitution, hospitable, 150b. {See also Guest 



husband.) 

 Pumpkin, 224b, 225, 260b 

 Purifying of house by magic, 50b. {See also 



Exorcism.) 

 Pygmies, country of, 166a; pygmies live below 



earth, 246b. {See also Dwarf.) 



Questions, difficult, 230-232 {see also Tasks); 

 questions to the sun, 237b-238 



Rabbit, 110, 287b; rabbit as sexual symbol, 

 151a 



Raccoon, 110-1 11a 



Rain prayer, 258a, 287a 



Rat, 12b, 16, 80a, 139a, 167, 184b, 233a, 269b 



Razor, 97a, 123a 



Rebirth made impossible by wrong answer, 

 36b 



Recompense (Buddhist), 137b, 208 



Religion, 5fF., 7E. {See also Ancestor wor- 

 ship. Ceremony, Demon, Drum, Exorcism, 



