INDEX AND GLOSSARY
Ipalnemohuani (He by whom Men Live). Mexican name of the sun-god, 97
Ioi-Balam (Tiger of the Moon). One of the first men of the ‘‘Popol Vuh’’ myth, 229, 230
Irma. District in Peru; local creation-myth of, 258-259
Itzaes. a warlike race, founders of Chichen-Itza, 153
Itzamal. Maya city-state in Yucatan, 8, 152, 154; ruins at, 187-188
Itzamna. 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
Ix. A minor Maya deity, 170
Ix chebel yax. Maya goddess; identified with Virgin Mary by Hernandez, 170
Ix ch'el. Maya goddess of medicine, 170
Ixcoatl. Mexican king, 35
Ixcuiname. Mexican goddesses of carnal things, 108
Ixtlilton (The Little Black One). Mexican god of medicine and healing, 112; called brother of Macuilxochitl, 112
Ixtlilxochitl, Don Fernando de Alva. 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
Izimin Chac. The image of Cortés' horse, 195
Izpuzteque. Demon in the Mexican Other-world, 38
Iztacmixcohuatl. Father of Quetzalcoatl, 79
J
Jaguar-Snake. Mixtec deer-goddess; in creation-myth, 120
Jalisco. Mexican province; cliff-dwellings in, 24, 25
K
Kabah. Maya city; ruins at, 190-191
Kab-ul (The Miraculous Hand). Name given to Itzamna, 187
Kakchiquel dialect, 145
Kakchiquels. a Maya people of Guatemala, 157-159; and the episode of the defeat of Cay Hun-Apu, 159
"Kamucu" (We see). The song of the Kiche at the first appearance of the sun, and at death of the first men, 232
Kan. A minor Maya deity, 170
Kanikilak. Indian deity, 83, 84
Ki Pixab (Corner of the Earth). Name given by the Kiche to their land of origin, 254
Kiche. 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
Kiche (or Quiche) dialect, 145, 209; the Popol Vuh originally written in, 207, 209
"Kingdom of the GreatSnake." Semi-historical Maya empire, 144
Kinich-ahau (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
Kinich-Kakmo (Sun-bird). I. Same as Kanich-ahau, which see. II. The pyramid of, ruin at Itzamal, 187
Klaproth, H. J. von. And the Fu Sang fallacy, 3
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