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INDEX AND GLOSSARY

represented, 73; associated with the gladiatorial stone, 73; as Mexitli, 74; as serpent-god of lightning, associated with the summer, 74; in connection with Tlaloc, 74; the Toxcatl festival of, 74; the priesthood of, 75; in connection with the legend of the sacrificed princess, 124

Hun-Apu (Master, or Magician). A hero-god, twin with Xbalanque; in a Kiche myth, 211-219; in the myth in the second book of the Popol Vuh, 220, 223-227; mentioned, 237

Hun-Came. One of the rulers of Xibalba, the Kiche Hades, 220, 221, 224

Hunabku. God of the Maya, representing divine unity, 171

Hunac Eel. Ruler of the Cocomes, 155

Hunbatz. Son of Hunhun-Apu, 220, 222, 223

Hunchouen. Son of Hunhun-Apu, 220, 222, 223

Hunhun-Apu. Son of Xpiyacoc and Xmucane; in the myth in the second book of the Popol Vuh, 220-222, 224, 225, 227

Hunpictok (Commander-in-Chief of Eight Thousand Flints). The palace of, at Itzamal, 187-188

Hunsa. City at which the Zoque of the Chibchas lived, 276

Hurakan (The One-legged). Maya god of lightning; prototype of Tlaloc, 76, 78; the mustachioed image of, at Itzamal, 188; = the mighty wind, in the Kiche story of the creation, 209; and the creation of man in the second book of the Popol Vuh, 229-230; probably same as Nahua Tezcatlipoca, 237; his sub-gods, 237


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Icutemal. Ruler of the Kiche, 159

Ilhuicatlan (In the Sky). Column in temple at Mexico, connected with the worship of the planet Venus, 96

Illatici (The Thunder Vase), Peruvian deity representing the thunderstorm, 301

Inca Roca. Sixth Inca, 283

Incas (People of the Sun). The Peruvian ruling race; a composite people, 254; place of origin, 254; inferior to the Mexicans in general culture, 248; mythology of, 255-258, 317-327; character of their civilisation, 259; no personal freedom, 260; age of marriage, 260; their system of mummification, 262-264; severity of their legal code, 264; social system, 264-265; calendar, 265-266; religious festivals, 267; architecture, 268-269; architectural remains, 270-273; irrigation works, 273; possessed no system of writing, 278; the quipos, 278-279; as craftsmen, 279-281; the pottery of, 280-281; period and extent of their dominion, 281-282; fusion of the constituent peoples, 285-285; splitting of the race, 286; their despotism, 290; religion of, 291; sun-worship of, 307-131

Incas. The rulers of Peru, 282-290; the Inca the representative of the sun, 260; unlimited power of, 260; the moon the mythic mother of the dynasty, 262

Inti-huasi. Building sacred to the sun in Peruvian villages, 308

Intihuatana, Inca device for marking the date of the sun-festivals, 265

Intip Raymi (Great Feast of the Sun). Peruvian festival, 267, 311-312

Intipampa (Field of the Sun), Garden in which the Coricancha of Cuzco stood, 260-261

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