rsia, 326
(see Circle or ring).

Rio Lagartos, 217.

Rios, Padre, 11, 268, 270.

Rivero, 134;
and Tschudi, 150.

Roman, 150.

Roman Catholic Church, 537.

Roman Milliarum Aureum, 513.

Rome, sacred fire, Roma Quadrata, 461;
duality, middle, quadruple government, 463;
numerical divisions, 464;
seven-storied tower, 464;
seven-day period, 465, 466, 467;
summary, in table of countries, 493;
Constantine's plan of state-organization in New Rome identical with the
numerical scheme of the Maya and Mexican calendars, 509;
the symbolical use of the column, 513;
amulet, 514;
church built by Constantine in form of Greek Cross, 514.

Rosa, Beltran de la, 181.

Rosny, Leon de, 36.

Rotation
(see Axial rotation).

Round form, associated with cult of Heaven or the Above in Mexico, Central
America;
among Zunis, 113-115;
in ancient architecture, 115;
associated with sky in Egypt, 371.

Round Temples of Chichen Itza and Mexico, symbolism of, 97.

Royal Ethnographical Museum of Dresden, 129, 155.

Rust, Horatio N., 104.

Sabaean star-worship, 322.

Sabbath, derivation of name, etc., 327.

Sacrifice, human, sacred rite, in Mexico, 63;
symbolism of, in Aztec religion, 66, 77;
human victim formed living swastika, 91, 92;
human blood used to moisten sacred dough, 98;
origin of blood sacrifices, 98;
to Heaven and to Earth, 118;
in Peru, 147, 148, 151;
in Mexico, taking out heart of captive signified destroying life of
conquered tribe, 263;
in China, 296;
Egyptian compared with Mexican, 442, 443.

Sacrificial-stone of Mexico=Tribute-stone, or law-stone recording
collection of tributes, etc., 258, 259.

Sahagun, Friar Bernardino de, 8, 11, 32, 33, 34, 38, 39, 47, 53, 56, 61,
66, 70, 72, 73, 75, 77-83, 104, 118, 123, 127, 128, 150, 159,
173, 175, 176, 189, 192, 245, 259, 261, 279, 507, 553, 555.

St. Augustine, 536.

Sakkarah, Egyptian seven-storied pyramid, 381.

Salado, 200.

Salcamayhua, 132, 146, 148, 151, 161, 170, 186.

Salcamayhua tablet, 510, _note_.

Sanchez, Jesus, 44, 93, 95, 96, 157, _note_.

San Fun, ancient Chinese work, 291.

Saniah-ya-kwe: priesthood of the Hunt, among the Zunis, 201.

San Salvador, mushroom-shaped stone figures from, 114.

Santa Lucia Cozumalhuapa, sculptured slabs at, 153, 154, 163, 172.

Sapper, Carl, 114, 173.

Satow and Hawes' Handboo