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(He by whom Men Live). Mexican name of the sun-god, 97

(Tiger of the Moon). One of the first men of the ‘‘Popol Vuh’’ myth, 229, 230

District in Peru; local creation-myth of, 258-259

a warlike race, founders of Chichen-Itza, 153

Maya city-state in Yucatan, 8, 152, 154; ruins at, 187-188

Maya moon -god, father of gods and men, tutelar of the west, 170; founder of the state of Itzamal, 152; God D probably is, 173; the temple of, at Itzamal, 187; called also Kab-ul (The Miraculous Hand), 187; the gigantic image of, at Itzamal, 188

A minor Maya deity, 170

Maya goddess; identified with Virgin Mary by Hernandez, 170

Maya goddess of medicine, 170

Mexican king, 35

Mexican goddesses of carnal things, 108

(The Little Black One). Mexican god of medicine and healing, 112; called brother of Macuilxochitl, 112

Mexican chronicler, II, 46; account of the early Toltec migrations, 11, 12; and myths of the Toltecs, 13; reference to the Teo-Amoxtli, 45; his Historia Chichimeca and Relaciones, 46, 58; his value as historian, 46; legend of the creation related by, 119-120

The image of Cortés' horse, 195

Demon in the Mexican Other-world, 38

Father of Quetzalcoatl, 79

Mixtec deer-goddess; in creation-myth, 120

Mexican province; cliff-dwellings in, 24, 25

Maya city; ruins at, 190-191

(The Miraculous Hand). Name given to Itzamna, 187

dialect, 145

a Maya people of Guatemala, 157-159; and the episode of the defeat of Cay Hun-Apu, 159

(We see). The song of the Kiche at the first appearance of the sun, and at death of the first men, 232

A minor Maya deity, 170

Indian deity, 83, 84

(Corner of the Earth). Name given by the Kiche to their land of origin, 254

A Maya people of Guatemala, 157-159; their rulers supreme in Guatemala, 158; their story of the creation as related in the Popol Vuh, 209; origin of, as related in the Popol Vuh, 229-230; fond of ceremonial dances and chants, 238

(or Quiche) dialect, 145, 209; the Popol Vuh originally written in, 207, 209

Semi-historical Maya empire, 144

(Lord of the Face of the Sun). Same as Arara and Kinich-Kakmno. Sun-god of the Maya of Yucatan, tutelar of the north, 170

(Sun-bird). I. Same as Kanich-ahau, which see. II. The pyramid of, ruin at Itzamal, 187

And the Fu Sang fallacy, 3

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