Manitou, 18 Moodgeegally (patron of the mysteries), 67 Moravian missionaries on Baiame, 25 Mordecai (companion of Nehemiah), 161, 171 Mordecai (Babylonian supreme god?), 78; theories concerning, 134, 135, 161-181 Morgan, Mr., compiler of Buckley's 'Life and Adventures,' 26 Morimo (Bechuana deity), 232, 237 Mortality of gods, 85 _et seq._ Motagon (Australian dead creator), 297 Movers, Dr., on the Sacæa festival, 130, 174; cited, 198 Mukuru (African deity), the missionaries' God, 236 Mulkari (Queensland deity), 40 Müller, K. O., cited, 180 Mundari (tribe): licence at festivals, 187 Mungan-ngaur (Kurnai god), 27, 32, 52, 53, 66, 68, 89 Munro, Dr., on the incised stone finds at Dumbuck and Dunbuie, 255, 256 Mura Mura (Dierian ancestors deified), 50, 57 note, 62, 63, 235 Murrings (Australian blacks), 52 Mystery Play of the Flood (Mandan), 23 Myths. _See_ under names of tribes and gods Mzima (spirits of the dead), 236 NANGA (Fijian harvest festival), orgies at, 195 Ná-pi (Blackfoot deity), 90 Natos (Blackfoot deity), 295 Nature's processes assisted by magical rites, 82, 83 Nebuchadnezzar, 140 Nepaul: period of licence, 187 New England: the god Kiehtan, 20, 21; religious beliefs, 38 New Guinea, British: character of decorative art, 249 New South Wales: native sacrifice of the first-born, 54 New Zealand: the king's mana or magical power, 99 Ngoio (Congo): daily kings, 104 Niscaminou (Red Indian deity), 295 Nöldeke, Professor, on the feast of Purim, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 172, 176, 177, 179 Noorele (Australian creator), 39, 40, 41, 66 North American Indians, religious beliefs of, 88, 89. _See_ also under tribal names Nursia (Australia) Benedictine Mission at, 12 Nyankupon (West Africa), 39 OHIO, stone markings in, 243 Ointment used by fire-walkers, 293 Okeus (aboriginal Canadian god), 20, 21, 90 Oki (Huron word for spirit), 19, 21, 22, 42 Okki (Lafitau's 'Grand Esprit'), 19 'Old Mars' (Roman god and scapegoat), 190 Omuambo creation tales, 237 Ontake Jinsha (Shintoists): fire-walking, 291 Oorooma (native Australian hell), 37 Oppert, Dr.: fire-walking, 286 Orestes, story of his temple to Diana, 208, 209, 218 Otyihereró: different names for god and spirit, 236 Ovaherero, the (African tribe), god of, 236 Oxford University, and the study of anthropology, 7