INDEX AND GLOSSARY
Vetancurt, A. de. On Mexican mythology, 58
Villa-coto. Mountain; in a Peruvian flood-myth, 323-324
Villagutierre, J. de Sotomayor. And the prophecy of Chilan Balam, 8
Viollet-le-Duc, E. On the ruined palace at Mitla, 197
Viracocha. I. Eighth Inca, 284, 318. II. Peruvian deity; temple of, at Cacha, 270; regarded as son of the sun, 306; worshipped by Quichua-Aymara as a culture hero, and called Pachayachachic, 307. III. A higher class of sacred objects of the Peruvians, 294. IV. Name given to any more than usually sacred being, 301
Vitzillopochtli. Same as Huitzilopochtli; in an Aztec migration-myth, 233
Voc. A bird, the messenger of Hurakan; in Popol Vuh myth, 225
Votan. Maya god, identical with Tepeyollotl; God L probably is, 176
Vukub-Cakix (Seven-times-the-colour-of-fire). A sun-and-moon god (Dr. Seler); in a Kiche myth recounted in the Popol Vuh, 210-213; possibly an earth-god, 237
Vukub-Came. One of the rulers of Xibalba, the Kiche Hades, 220, 221, 224
Vukub-Hunapu. Son of Xpiyacoc and Xmucane; in the myth in the second book of the Popol Vuh, 220-221, 224, 225, 227
W
"Wallum Olum." Records of the Leni-Lenape Indians; a migration-myth in, resembles Kiche and Aztec myths, 233-234
Wind-Nine-Cave, Mixtec deity; in creation-myth, 120-121, 122
Wind-Nine-Snake. Mixtec deity; in creation-myth, 120-121, 122
Women of the Sun. Women dedicated to the service of the sun in Peru, 308
Writing. Of the Nahua, 34-35; of the Maya, 159-166; Dr. Le Plongeon and the Maya hieroglyphs, 239
X
Xalaquia. I. Festival of Chicomecohuatl, 86-87. II. The victim sacrificed at the Xalaquia festival, 87, 90
Xalisco. District in Mexico Toltecs in, 12
Xaltocan. Mexican city, 50
Xan. An animal mentioned in Popol Vuh myth, 225
Xaquixahuana. Place in Peru, 284
Xauxa. Place in Peru, 285
Xbakiyalo. Wife of Hunhun-Apu, 220
Xbalanque (Little Tiger). A hero-god, twin with Hun-Apu; in a Kiche myth, 211-219; in the myth in the second book of the Popol Vuh, 220, 223-227; mentioned, 237
Xecotcovach. Bird in the Kiche story of the creation, 209
Xibalba. I. A semi-legendary empire of the Maya, 144. II. The Kiche Hades, "Place of Phantoms"; in the myth in the second book of the Popol Vuh, 220-222, 225-227; possible origin of the conception, 229; properly a "place of the dead," 229; origin of the name, 229
Xibalbans. In the myth in the second book of the Popol Vuh, 221, 225-227; the originals of, 228-229; nature of, 229
Xilonen. Form of Chicomecohuatl, 85
Ximenes, Francisco. Copied and translated the Popol Vuh, 207
Xipe (The Flayed). Mexican god, 91-92; his dress assumed by Aztec monarchs and
