Mana, God of Death, i. 143; ii. 17. Mana tark = necromancer, ii. 223 note. Manx dog, ii. 192 note. Mare, white, i. xxvi., 99, 142. Martin and his dead master, i. xxxii.; ii. 188. Marya, Cinderella called, in Slavonic tales, ii. 4 note. Meadow Queen, or Grass-Mother (Muru eit), the goddess of the meadows and of the home-field, i. xxix., 11, 188, 235, 259. Megissogwon, a magician slain by Hiawatha, i. 81 note. Melusina, ii. 48. Mermaid, ii. 49. [Pg 324]Mermaid and Lord of Pahlen, ii. 106. Michael Scot, ii. 172 note. Michel the Beggar, ii. 168. Milk-cans cleaned with pebbles, ii. 89. Milky Way, i. 9 note, 147. Misty Hill, King of the, i. 259. Moon, man in, ii. 29, 164. Moon-painter, ii. 29, 159. Moon seeking the hand of maidens, i. 10, 11, 148. Moon, sons and daughters of, ii. 29. Moon stolen by sorcerers, i. 20 note; ii. 148, 154 note, 160 note. Moon-stories, ii. 29, 159. Moon, woman in, ii. 29, 37. Moon-dwellers, i. 186. Morality of Esthonian folk-tales, i. 155. Moth, sorcerer in form of, ii. 16. Mother of the Grass. _See_ Meadow Queen. Mother of the Waters, i. xxix. Mother of the Wind, i. xxix., 218; ii. 106. Mouse speaking, i. 125; ii. 186. Mouse and cat, ii. 282. Mundane egg, i. 8 note. Muru eit = Grass-Mother. _See_ Meadow Queen. Mussel-shells as boats, i. 202. Mustapall, i. 64. Mustukene (Blackie), name of dog, i. 25 note. Mythology, Esthonian, i. xxvi. Naglfar, nail-ship in Scandinavian Mythology, i. 91 note. Näki neitsi, mermaid, ii. 49. Nail-parings, hat of, i. 91, 103; ii. 25. Nakula, one of the heroes of the Indian Epic, the Maha-Bharata, ii. 23 note. Name, calling by, an omen of death, ii. 262. Narova, river flowing from Lake Peipus to Narva, ii. 141. Narva, a port-town on the east frontier of Esthonia, i. 304. "Nationalities of Europe." _See_ Latham. [Pg 325]Nativity, travesty of, in "Kalevala," i. xxvii. Nature-worship among Esthonians and Finns, i. xxvii. Necromancers, i. xxx., 20; ii. 233 note. Neus, works of, i. xxiii., 9 note, 33, 39 note; ii. 302. Nicholas, story of Silly, ii. 71 note. Nicodemus, i. 146, 192, 200. Nightmare, Lauma, or Lithuanian, ii. 112 note. Noah and the Ark, ii. 76 note. Nocturnal church-goers, ii. 226. Noor Ed-Deen and Shems Ed-Deen, story of, in the "Thousand and One Nights," i. 86 note. North Cape, i. 112 note. Northern Frog, ii. 237. Northern Lights, spirits of, i. xxxi., 5, 111, 117, 149; ii. 107. Nose-tree, i. 203, 306. Nuckö, Plague in island of, ii. 272. Oak sacred to Taara, i. xxvii. Oak forest of Taara, i. 8, 56. Oak-tree, great, i. xxvii., 3, 34, 39, 47, 111. Odyssey, origin of, i. xi. Œsel, Island of, i. xiii. Officious flies, ii. 285, 300. Oiso, district and lake of, ii. 135, 142. Olaf the architect, i. 282. Olaf, St., and the giant Wind-and-Weather, ii. 282 note. Old Boy (Vana pois), usual Esthonian euphemism for the Devil, i. xxx., 153; ii. 10, 132, 144, 151, 192.