fted about medusa-like. Japan. (Records of Ancient
Matters, section I.)

UMASHI-ASHI-KABI-HIKO-JI-NO-KAMI="Pleasant-reed-shoot-elder-deity," born
from primaeval reed-shoot.

ASHI-HARA-NO-NAKA-TSU-KUNI=Land in the Middle of the Reed plains, common
periphrastic designation of Japan.

NEW WORLD.

AZTLAN=the original home of Aztec race, according to tradition.

AZTEC=name of dominant race. Mexico.

ASH-IWI=other name for Zuni tribe (Cushing, see p. 203).

X.

OLD WORLD.

O, ON or NO=name of celestial and terrestrial capitals. Hebrew and
Egyptian.

OLYMPOS=the breaker or organizer of time (Hewitt, p. 514).

KOLONH=a hill, mound, Greek; Lat. tumulus.

COLONOS=a demos of Attica lying on and around hill sacred to Poseidon.

COLONIA=a colony, the Lat. colonia.

KOLOSSOS=statue in general, _i. e._ column?

OM-EL-KORA=mother of cities. Arabian, see p. 323.

OMPHALE=in Greek mythology, the fire socket, wife of Herakles, the fire
drill (Hewitt).

HO=designation for directions in space. China, see pp. 285-288.

HO=acme, taken to mean the best, highest, most showy part of anything.
Japanese (Chamberlain).(172)

HO=the land's acme, or a plain surrounded by mountains. Japan (Motowori).

HOM=date-palm-sacred tree. Babylonia-Assyria (Sir Geo. Birdwood).

NEW WORLD.

HO, or TI-HOO=ancient capital of Yucatan, see p. 277.

HOM=mound. Maya.

HOMTAMIL=belly, _i. e._ omphalos.

INDEX.

Abadiano, Dionysio, 246, 251.

Above (see "Heaven or Above").

Academia Manuscript, 11.

Acamapichtli, Mexican ruler, having title of "Woman-serpent," 63, 67, 71.

Acatl, one of the four Mexican year-symbols, 76, 170, 179, 257, 280.

Acolma, 55.

Acosta, 76, 150.

Agave or maguey, juice of, "drink of life," 188.

Ahau, Maya glyph, chief, lord, 169;
figured on gold plaque from Cuzco, 169, 220.

Ahau-ka-tun, 24-year period, 219;
literally lord, 20 stone, compared with Copan stelae, 219, 221.

Ah-cuch-cab, Maya name of ruler or chief of a town or place, 184;
title of chief, 220;
terrestrial lord, 224.

Ah-cuch-haab, Maya name for four year-signs, 220.

Air, in Mexico, Quetzalcoatl, lord of, 126;
name of one of the four eras since the creation of the world, 253.

Air and water design, on sacred edifices in ancient America, 126;
union of, 126;
emblem of Above, 126;
on drinking vessels, 127;
on dome of ancient Greek monument, 127;
associated with the male region, 249.

Akbal, Maya