in India, 448;
in Plato's cosmical conception, 449;
in Homer's works, 452;
in Sophocles' work, 453;
in ancient Greece, _polos_=a star revolving on itself, 453;
Sanscrit god, "the driver of the axle," 453;
Greek "Ixion's wheel," 453;
indicated by cross symbol and later by swastika, 461;
wheel associated with Jove on Roman tombstone, 464;
in Scandinavia, the wain wheeled around the throne of Thor, 473;
Turanian god of heaven=the pole turned by the revolving days and weeks,
499;
symbols of, in Old and New World, 494-544;
summary, 544.

Ayllu, Peruvian word for tribe or lineage, 141.

Aztlan, land of light, 56, 57.

Baal, Assyrian god, 345;
worshipped under image of bull, 410.

Babylonia, Chinese immigrants from, 299;
Middle kingdom, 299;
astronomy, 300;
star cult, 326;
numerical divisions, etc., 328;
either a mountain or a star signified a god, 329;
astronomical observations of great antiquity, 329;
oriented to the Four Quarters, 333;
decline of the empire, 347;
female ruler, 347;
described in Revelations;
sevenfold organization, 348;
seven-staged tower, 356;
sevenfold state, 357;
altar of gold, 361.

Babylonia-Assyria, the Babylonia triad, Anu, Ea, and Bel, signify the
Above, Middle and Below, 336;
compared with gods of China, 336;
combined Heaven and Earth cult, 344;
seven-fold organization, 360;
seven-staged tower (Zikkurat) and the great basin (Apsu) symbolized
cosmological conceptions;
tree or pole as sacred symbol;
fire-stick, 361;
worship of Polaris;
male and female principles in nature, 363;
New Year's festival, 364;
summary and conclusions, 367, 544.

Bacab, title of Maya chief, 86;
title of rulers of Four Quarters, 183.

Bailly, 319.

Balam, Maya word for ocelot;
title of four lords of Below or Earth;
same as chac, 185.

Balboa, 150.

Ball, C. J., 302.

Bandelier, Ad. F., 61, 74, 79, 84, 168, 200.

Baptism, Maya, 225.

Barber, Commander, U. S. N., 159.

Bartholomew de las Casas, Friar, 32.

Bat, symbol of happiness, 277.

Bat-kin-ya-muh, the Water people, 200.

Bastian, A., 153.

Bead, jade bead, as symbol in Mexico, 81;
"gold bead," used as title;
symbolical among the Mayas, 237.

Beard, on stelae at Copan and Quirigua, 219, 230;
on calendar sign;
on images of air-god, 231;
worn by representatives of Above, 231;
not worn by repre