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161, 185,186

Maya city, 8

The royal sceptre of the Incas, 321

Mexican tribe; and cliff-dwellings, 25

Place in Peru; Huanca defeated at, 285

Incas who conducted sacrifice, 311

(Our Father). A name of the Mexican fire-god, 95

Maya city, 196

A pulque-god, 104

Confederacy of Nahua tribes, 26, 50; significance of the name, 26, 50; rivals of the Chichimecs, 27; of Huexotzinco, defeated by Tlascaltecs, 49; Aztecs allies of, 51; growth of their empire, 51; conquer Tezcuco and Chichimecs, 51

Bird in the Kiche story of the creation, 209

(The Youthful Warrior). A name of Tezcatlipoca, 66

Place mentioned in the myth of Quetzalcoatl's journey to Tlapallan, 65

The Mexican gladiatorial stone of combat, 100

,, at Palenque, 185, 186; No. II, 186

, at Palenque, 185

I. At Palenque, 185. II. At Tikal, 196

Chichimec city, 26

Same as Mexico, which see Teo-Amoxtli (Divine Book). A Nahua native chronicle, 45-46

The Mexican temple, 30

Mountain; sacred to Tlaloc, 77

High-priest of Huitzilopochtli, 75

Sacred city of the Toltecs, 18, 47; the fiend at the convention at, 18; the Mecca of the Nahua races, 32; architectural remains at, 32, 33; rebuilt by Xolotl, Chichimec king, 33; Charnay's excavations at, 33

(Coming of the Gods). Mexican festival, 68-69

Name given to the image of Chicomecohuatl by early investigators, 88; Payne on the error, 88-90

a distortion of the name of Tepeyollotl, 103

(Heart of the Mountain). A god of desert places, 102-103; called Tepeolotlec, 102

The pulque-god of Tepoztlan, 105, 117

Mexican city, 105

a pulque-god, 104

Disguise of Tezcatlipoca, 63

Cited, 4

(Mother of the Gods). Mexican maize-goddess, known also as Tocitzin, and identical with Centeotl the mother, 85, 90

(Fiery Mirror). Same as Titlacahuan and Tlamatzincatl. The Mexican god of the air, the Jupiter of the Nahua pantheon, 37, 59, 67; tribal god of the Tezcucans, 59; development of the conception, 59-60; in legends of the overthrow of Tollan, 60; adversary of Quetzalcoatl, 60, 79; plots against Quetzalcoatl, and overcomes him, 60-61; as Toueyo, and the daughter of Uemac, 61-62; and the dance at the feast in Tollan, 63; as Tequiua, and the garden of Xochitla, 63; and the legend of the amusing infant and the pestilence, 63-64; as Nezahualpilli, 66; as Yaotzin, 66; as

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