Maya seven tribal divisions,
181;
of dual ruler, 190;
mythological snake among the Pueblo people, 200;
symbol of Below among the Zuni, 204;
totemic animal of Uxmal, 214;
at Copan and Quirigua, 219, 220, 223, 228;
on "Cross Tablets" at Palenque, 236, 238, 239;
on Calendar-stone, 255;
on monolith "Divine Twin," 261;
of gold and mosaic on statue of Huitzilopochtli, 266;
meaning of symbol, 281;
in India, 313;
in Persia, 325;
in Babylonia, 335;
worshipped in the temple of Solomon, 351;
in Egyptian symbolism, 389, 391, 393, 424;
in Old and New World, 522-523.
Serpent-woman, 60, 61, 65;
Cihuacoatl, Mexican ruler, 67, 77, 79, 111;
emblem of, figured and described, 128.
Seven, sacred number, 29, 56
(see summary, 480-494;
also Numerical divisions).
Shakespeare, 247, _note_.
Shamash, temple of, in Babylonia, 331;
antiquity of cult of, 332;
symbols of, 356;
cross and four-spoked wheel of, 355, 365, 495;
image of, made by a race of pole star worshippers, 503;
compared with "black or night sun" on Mexican Calendar stone, 506.
Shang, Chinese word for Above, 118.
Shang-te, Chinese supreme ruler, whose residence was "Tien"=Heaven, 301.
S-shape, Ursa Minor figured as, 11;
bronze brooch from Scandinavia, 29;
on native fabrics, in Vienna Codex, 34;
in B. N. MS., 34, 38;
in Sahagun's Historia, 34;
cakes in shape of, 34;
associated with star signs and the North, 35;
in Mexican and Maya codices, 35, 36;
sign of summer solstice, 36;
with cross and rain symbols, 37;
breads in shape of, 46;
figure on Phoenician tablet, 395, _note_.
Shell gorgets, representing winged human being, 39, _note_;
in Illinois, Missouri and Tennessee, showing cult of Polaris, 44;
from Tennessee, 48, 49;
evidence of identical symbolism from Yucatan to Illinois, 48-52, 112.
Shell, symbol of parturition, 95, 238.
Shell pendant, symbolism of, 112.
Shinto religion, 311.
Shiwana-kwe, priesthood of the priest-people among the Zuni, 201.
Shoo king, 289, 290, 292, 295, 298, 299.
Shogunate, 311.
Shun, Chinese emperor succeeding Yaou, 292, 298.
Siculus, Diodorus, 329, _note_, 540, _note_.
Sidon, 527.
Siena, Italy, founded by sons of Remus, affinities with ancient Rome, 465.
Silco, 530, 531.
Simpson, Wm., 313.
Sippara, tablet of, 331, 332, 350, 356, 365, 495, 503, 506.
Situa, Peruvian festival when the cults of Above and B
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