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a, 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. 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. Nuckoe, 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. Oesel, 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. Old Father (Vana isa), frequent epithet for God in Esthonian, i. xxvii., xxx.; ii. 144, 150 note. "Old Harp" (Vana kannel), Pastor Hurt's collection of Esthonian songs and ballads, i. xxiv. Old Hornie (Vana Sarvik), one of the names of the Devil, i. xxxi., 89 note; ii. 195. Olev the master-builder, possibly a brother of Kalev, i. xxii., 2, 108, 111, 118, 119, 139; ii. 282 note. Olevide, a hero of the race of Olev; the term is often applied to his son, the Olevipoeg, the companion, and perhaps the cousin, of the Kalevide. The Olevide is, however, frequently called by his father's name, Olev, i. xxii., 6, 108. Olevide meets the Kalevide, i. 108. Olevide builds ships, i. 111. Olevide builds Lindanisa, i. 119. Olevide appointed successor to the throne, i. 139. Olger or Holger, a famous Danish hero, one of Charlemagne's Paladins (Ogier le Danois), who is expected to return, i. xxxii. Oriental tales, ii. 233. Origin of bugs, ii. 127, 181. Origin of the swallow, ii. 283. Origin of the wolf, ii. 274. Orphan and fo
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