ments, 234-239;
same cult as Quirigua and Copan, 240;
tablets, tribal registers, 243;
tablet, in "Temple of the Sun," likened to Mexican Sacrificial stone,
259.

Palestine, cult of Astarte and Baal, and monotheism of the Israelites,
345.

Pan, feast of, 442.

Pantheon, 515.

Panuco, Maya colony established at, 125, 207, 208, _note_.

Papa, name of Mexican Priest, 39.

Papakhu, name of inner sanctuary of Babylonian and Assyrian temple, 330,
331.

Papalotl, butterfly, 39.

Parry, Francis, 104.

Parsee religion, worship of fire as outcome of pole-star worship, 326.

Parturition, symbolized by shell, 95;
by snail, 111.

Path of the Dead, ancient road leading to Pyramid of the Moon, 267.

Patolli, native Mexican game, 87;
symbolized social organization, 176, 177.

Paz Solden, 150.

Peabody Museum, 34, 48, 61, 153, _note_, 195.

Peabody Museum Honduras Expedition, 218, _note_, 512.

Pedregal de San Augustin, ancient lava-field in City of Mexico, 271.

Peking, contains temple to North Star God, 284
(see China and Polaris).

Penatiel, Antonio, 262.

Perez, 109.

Perrot and Chipiez, 421.

Perry, John, 547.

Persia, ancient religion of;
swastika;
seven divisions of Cosmos, four-fold rule, 325, 484.

Peru, worship of Pleiades, 53;
sacred fire, 83;
use of checker board design, 124;
light and dark colors used to designate the Above and Below, 130;
irrigating canals in symbolic form, 132, 146;
outline of civilization, 132;
stone monument typifying duality, 134;
knowledge of Creator, 135;
form of government, 136, 137;
tribal and household "idols," 138, 139, 140;
four rulers, 141;
classification of people, 142;
"white virgins," title given to upper class maidens;
"black virgins," lower class;
caste;
deformation of skulls, 143;
ceremony for driving out sickness, 144;
Above, Below, Centre and Four Quarters, 144;
ceremony illustrating rotation, 145;
religious festivals, 146, 147;
civilization from the north, 150;
prehistoric ruins, 151, 156;
Inca fable, 152;
compared with symbolism of sculptured slabs in Guatemala, 153, 154, 155,
156;
linguistic affinities between Quechua and Maya and Nahuatl, 158, 159;
Polaris;
navigation, 159, 160;
worship of "Creator" (Polaris) superseded sun and moon cults, 161, 164;
caste division associated with left hand, 165;
ruins of Tiahua