traits or effigies of the dead, 276;
used as symbol of Centre, 279;
on winged bull, 337.
Human heart, symbol employed by Mexicans, Mayas, Quiches, and Tzendals,
71;
extracted from human victim of sacrifice, 91;
emblem of supplication, 127;
in sacrifice, 173, 296;
between 4 squares, symbol for chieftain, etc., 199;
on monolith "Divine Twin," 261;
of gold on necklace of idol, 265.
Human eye used as star symbol, 279
(see Eye symbol).
Human mouth and teeth, symbolized earth or Below, 281.
Human nose, mystic union of two streams of breath, consecrated by wearing
symbolical nose ornament, 282.
Human sacrifice
(see Sacrifice).
Human skull, artificial deformation of, 143.
Human stomach, in China symbol of Centre;
death by disemboweling practised, 296.
Human thumb, symbol of central ruler, 175.
Humboldt, 297, 301, 319.
Humboldt Tablet, 506.
Humis-katshina, Zuni dance, tau symbol used in, 119.
Hunter, Annie, 222.
Hupa Indians, 105.
Hurin-ayllo, lower lineage in Peru, 133.
Hurin Cuzco=the Below, 133;
division of the Inca capital including the lower class, 141, 164.
Huron Indians, 196-199, 493.
Huxley, 526, 534.
Hwang-te, Chinese emperor who introduced calendar system, 298, 301.
Idols, represented attributes of divine power, etc., 8;
tribal and household, 138, 139, 140.
Ik, Maya glyph, 225.
Illinois, cult of Polaris indicated by emblems on shell-gorget, 44.
Imix, Maya glyph, 108.
Incas of Peru, 133;
cult of, 134;
Great Temple of, 135;
gold images of Creator and of the sun, 135, 136;
form of government, based on Centre and Four Quarters, 136;
ancestor worship, 137;
origin of, 151;
use of tree symbolism, 186;
record of male and female ancestry, 186;
gold associated with male element, silver with female, 187;
associated with golden effigy of sun, 264;
advent into Peru, 539;
summary and conclusions, 546
(see also Peru).
India, divisions of year, 291;
astronomical system, 300;
swastika abounds in, 312;
Mithra, Hindu god of the wheel, 313;
Brahmans, Buddhists, 314;
marriage custom, 316;
numerical divisions, 317;
native maps of, 318;
ceremonial mode of producing fire, 318;
Middle, centrifugal power;
quadruple organization, etc., 320;
tree worship, 321;
worship of Polaris, "the pivot of the planets," 448, _note_;
summary, 480;
Pythagoras derived his philosophy f
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