INDEX AND GLOSSARY
143; their culture erroneously stated to be of Asiatic origin, I; theory as to Toltec relationship, 143; sphere of the civilisation, 144; the nucleus of the civilisation, 144-145, 149; the dialects, 145; origin of the race, 145, their civilisation self-developed, 143, 146; blood and cultural relationships with Nahua, 146-147; efforts at expansion, 147-148; climatic influence on the civilisation and religion, 148; sources of their history, 148-149; division of the aristocratic and labouring classes, 150; influence of the Nahua invasions, 151; cleavage between Yucatan and Guatemala peoples, 151; the Yucatec race, 151-152; incidents in migration myths represent genuine experience, 152; the race in Guatemala, 157; the writing system, 159-166; the manuscripts, 160-161; the numeral system, 165; the mythology, 166-169, 207-247; the calendar, 38, 39, 169; the pantheon, 168, 170-177; architecture, 178-198; relationship of the mythology to that of the Nahua, 166; Dr. Le Plongeon's theories as to, 239
Mayapan. City-state in Yucatan, 152; rises into prominence, 153 155; overthrown by allies, 156
Mayta Ccapac. The fourth Inca, 283
Meahuan, Mount. In the Kiche myth of Vukub-Cakix, 216
Medicine-men. Account of the methods of, among Peruvians, 314-315
Metztli (or Yohualticitl) (The Lady of Night). Mexican goddess of the moon, 106; in myth of Nanahuatl, 93, 106
Mexicatl Teohuatzin (Mexican Lord of Divine Matters). Head of the Aztec priesthood, 116
Mexico. I. The city; capital of the Aztecs, native name Tenochtitlan, 26, 47; origin of the name, 73; said to have been founded by Acolhuans, 26; Huitzilopochtli and, 28, 73; legends of the foundation of, 28-29; at the period of the conquest, 29-30; the annual "bloodless battle" with Tlascala, 48. II. The state; the civilisation of, 1, 9; possibly reached by early Norsemen, 5
Mexico-Tenochtitlan. Native name of city of Mexico, 29
Mexitli (Hare of the Aloes). A name of Huitzilopochtli, 74
Mictecaciuatl. Wife of Mictlan, 96
Mictlan (or Mictlanteculti) (Lord of Hades). I. Mexican god of the dead and the underworld, 37, 76, 95-96; God A probably identical with, 173. II. The abode of the god Mictlan; Mitla identified with, 198. III. Village mentioned by Torquemada, 199
Migration Myths. Probably reflect actual migrations, 234-235
Mitla. Maya city, 31, 144; ruins at, 197-198; identified with Mictlan, the Mexican Hades, 198; description of, by Father Torquemada, 199; description of, by Father Burgoa, 199-206
Mixcoatl (Cloud Serpent). Aztec god of the chase, 110-111; Camaxtli identified with, 111
Mixe. Aboriginal Mexican race, 24
Mixteca. Aboriginal Mexican race, 23; creation-myth of, 120-121; a medium through which Maya civilisation passed north, 147
Moche. Place in Peru; sepulchral mound at, 271
Mohanes (or Agoreros). Members of Peruvian tribes who claimed power as oracles, 297-298, 314
Moneneque (The Claimer of Prayer). A name of Tezcatlipoca, 67
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