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(Palace of Owls). Ruin at Aké, 186

Aboriginal Mexican race, 24; a medium through which Maya civilisation filtered to the north, 147

Maya form of Quetzalcoatl, 83, 167; regarded as King of Mayapan, 152

God of the Salish Indians, 83

(Little Priests). Lowest order of the Aztec priesthood, 116

And the Maya alphabet, 161; discovers the Maya numeral system, 165

Name given to Inca territories, 308

Mexican or Nahuan, 42-43, 342; Mayan, 161, 342; Peruvian, 342

His theories as to the Maya, 239; and the Maya hieroglyphs, 239; his story of Queen Móo, 239-247

And the golden plate from the Coricancha, 262

Village near Mitla; mentioned by Father Burgoa, 204

And the prophecy of Chilan Balam, 8

Importance of, among the Incas, 268

The third Inca, 283

Maya city; architectural remains found at, 195

(Five-Flower, Source of Flowers). God of luck in gaming, 103; Ixtlilton called brother of, 112

The legend of, 5, 6

(The Distinguished Name). One of the first men of the ‘‘Popol Vuh’’ myth, 229, 230

Mexican, 85-91; Peruvian, 295

Aztec tribe, 233

Wife of Manco Ccapac, 256

(Mother-sea). Conception under which the Peruvians worshipped the sea, 306

Name given to Lake Titicaca by people of the Collao, 298

Matrons who had charge of the Acllacuna, in Peru, 313

The Peruvian earth-goddess, 303

(Mothers). Tutelary spirits of the maize and other plants in Peru, 295

District in Guatemala, 158

Quetzalcoatl as, 81; other conceptions of, 82

The Inca appointed by Pizarro; and an oracle, 302-303

I. Divine being, son of the Life-giver; sent to instruct the primitive Peruvians, 255-256; a legend in connection with, 256. II. The first Inca, identical with the foregoing, 282, 283; regarded as son of the sun, 306; a myth of, 320-321

Mexican city, founded by the Tutul Xius, 155

In the Kiche story of the creation related in the Popol Vuh, 209-210

On Inca architecture, 269

Aztec tribe, 233

I. King of the Tecpanecs; and Nezahualcoyotl, 125-128. II. A noble; in the story of the vicious princess, 130

The most highly civilised of ancient American peoples, I,

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