w, tau, pyramid, Greek fret, round form,
square form, color, etc.);
of human form (see separate references under Human);
for special symbols, see separate references.

Syracuse, coins from, swastika with human head in centre, 459.

Tabasco, 211.

Tablet, containing ancient map of Babylonia
(note following Index).

Talon, of beast of prey, symbol of four lords of Below, 185.

Taouism, 298, 301, 306.

Tarahumari Indians, ceremonies typifying fecundity of earth, etc.,
compared with those of ancient Mexicans, 101.

Tartan design, 122, 123, 124.

Tau, double, shape of courtyard, 82, 86, 87;
signified union of Above and Below;
inverted, emblem of Above;
upright emblem of the Below, 118;
in American ceremonial rite;
among the cliff dwellers of Colorado;
among the Pueblo Indians;
in Scandinavia, called Thor's hammer;
in architecture of Central America, and Palenque;
in dance of Moqui Indians;
different forms of, figured and described, 119, 122;
in checker-board or tartan design, 123;
suggested by fire-drill, 280;
tau-shaped cross in Mesopotamia, 321;
tau-shaped altar in Egypt, 411.

Taylor, E. B., 297, _note_.

Taylor, W. C., 463, 468, 488, _note_.

Tecpan, Mexican council house;
meaning of word, 183.

Tecpatl, symbol of the North, 10, 34;
flint knife, 45, 46;
sacred producer of vital spark, 47;
myth concerning, 54;
figured as offspring of dual divinity, 55;
symbol of Fire, 56;
emblem of "supreme pontiffs," 62;
one of the four year symbols, 76;
in Borgian Codex, 98;
on carved slab from Santa Lucia, 172;
possible origin of name, which means "to govern," 183;
on Sacrificial Stone of Mexico, 258.

Teen-hwang-ta-tee, Chinese name for the pole-star, 284, 302.

Temistitan, ancient name for capital of Mexico, 542.

Temple of Mexico, 58, 80, 83, 90, 118.

Temples, of the "Tigers" at Chichen-Itza, 212;
"11," at Copan, 222;
of "the Inscriptions" at Palenque, 235, 240;
of "the Sun," 235, 239, 240;
of "Cross No. 2," 235, 243;
of Ptah at Memphis, 367;
at Abydos, 386.

Tenayocan, name of Mexican town containing the affix "Can," 263.

Tennessee, cult of Polaris indicated by emblems on shell-gorget, 44.

Tenochtitlan, 63;
hieroglyph in centre of ancient Maya and Mexican maps, 88.

Teo-Culhuacan, from _Teotl_, stars, sun, gods, something divine; and
_Culhua_, something recurved, and _can_, the p