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Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
Nagas. Mountain dragons, 208
Nails. SeeFinger-nails
Nameless. Universe originated from, 91
“Nan K’o Mêng.” Dream of the South Branch; story of, 410 sq.
Nan-chi Hsien-wêng. Ancient Immortal of the South Pole, 154; helps Chiang Tzŭ-ya against Shên Kung-pao, 156–157; orders White Crane Youth to seize Shên Kung-pao’s head, 156; has it restored, 157; reproves Shên Kung-pao, 157; fights with Chang Shao, 158–159
Nature Myth. Yü Huang and a, 133
Navy. Modern Chinese, 34
Neptune, The Chinese. SeeDragon-king-s
New Territory. SeeSinkiang
New Year. Festival of, 43
New Year’s Eve. Festival of, 45
Niang-tzŭ. And the origin of the Liang-ti Lake, 405–406
Niu Huang. Ox-yellow, or bezoar, 146
No-cha. SeeLi No-cha
North Star. Goddess of the—see Tou Mu
Nü. First woman, 82
Nü Hsi. SeeNü Kua
Nü Kua Shih, Nü Hsi, or Nü Wa. A mythical sovereign, one of the alleged progenitors of the Chinese race; sister and successor of Fu Hsi, 16, 81–82; repairer of the heavens, 72, 81–82, 224–225; description of, 81; Nü and Kua legend, 82
Nü Wa. SeeNü Kua
Nung. The Agriculturists; the second class of the people, 28Page 544