N Nademono, 220 Naishidokoro, 291, 43, 135 Nakatomi, 201, 1, 21, 46, 112, 183 Nakatsutsu no wo, 20-22. See Sea-Gods. Nakatsu-wata-dzumi, 148. See Sea-Gods. Nakaza, 354 Nakisahame, 92, 199 Nanakusa, 277, 344 Naru Kami, 9. See Thunder. Nature deities, 121 Nature-Gods and Man-Gods, 15 Need-fire, 259 Needles worshipped, 73 Negi (priest), 205 Ne no kuni (root-country). See Yomi. Nether Land, 104. See Yomi. New Year in modern Japan, 312 Nichirin (the sun), 127 Nigi-hayahi, 120, 128 Nigi-tama, 31, 33, 140, 145, 275 Nihabi, 99, 101, 277 Nihiname (festival of first-fruits), 277, 109, 119, 124, 161, 268, 269 Nihongi, 2, 84, 169 Ninigi, 108, 111, 112, 116, 185 No dance, 238 Nomi no Sukune, 48, 57, 183 Norito, chap. xii. _passim_, 3, 42, 98, 99, 126, 232, 235, 270, 274, 322 North the honourable quarter, 56 North star, 142 Number neglected in Japanese grammar, 16, 21, 121, 168, 169 Number of Gods, 66, 98 Numerals, magical use of, 99, 336 Nuptial hut, 90, 104, 137, 248 Nusa, 216, 218, 318. See Offerings, Kirinusa, Ohonusa. Nusa-bukuro, 197 Nushi, 20 O Oaths, 236 Obeisance, 209, 284, 320 'Occult Japan,' 354 Offences, 297 Offerings, 210, 98, 193, 280 " deified, 119, 161, 212 " to dead, 60, 211 " consumed by worshippers, 321. See Communion. Offerings, symbolical, 211, 276 Oharahi, 305 Oho-hafuri, 205, 177 Oho-harahi, 294, 4, 242, 245, 246, 270 Oho-harahi offerings, 301 Oho-kuni-dama. See Ohonamochi. Oho-kuni-nushi. See Ohonamochi. Oho-miya no me, 184, 287, 290 Oho-mono-nushi, 111 Oho-naobi, 290 Ohonamochi, 144, 105, 110, 27-30, 46, 69, 200, 274 Oho-nihe, 268, 364 Oho-nusa, 213 Oho-sora, 96 Oho-toko-nushi, 144, 196, 253. See Ohonamochi. Oho-tono hogahi, 287 Oho-toshi, 105 Ōjin deified, 178. See Hachiman. Omens, 119, 126, 325, 345 Omnipresence of Deity, 27 Omohi-kane, 199, 98 Oni (demon), 198 Oni-yarahi, 189. See Tsuina. Onogorojima, 89 Onyōshi, 365 Oracles, 367, 178, 350, 361. See Inspiration. Ordeal, 347 O tento sama (sun), 127, 175