ounder of Cuzco, who introduced worship of the Creator, 135,
161, 186.
Zamorra, Fray Geronimo Roman y, 275.
Zarate, 150.
Zeller, Edward, 484.
Zenith, nepantla, 38.
Zigzag or undulated lines, symbol of water, 126.
Zikkurats of Babylonia, seven-staged towers, 327-331;
oriented to the four cardinal points, 332;
together with "Great basin of Apsu," formed image of Cosmos, 361.
Zilan, Maya centre of female industry 208, _note_;
name signified "embroidery," 210;
stone monoliths, 216;
ancient centre of culture in Yucatan, 217.
Zip, glyph on Copan altar, 227.
Zmigrodski, 19.
Zodiac composed of twenty day-signs, 255;
in Chinese calendar, 285.
Zumarraga, Bishop, 264.
Zuni, conception of Cosmos, Above, Below, Centre and Four Quarters, 41,
100;
ceremonies typifying the fecundity of the earth, etc., 101;
vase used as emblem of earth-mother, 105;
cult of Above and Below;
swastika symbol in use among;
cult of Polaris;
Zuni idol compared with Mexican lord of fire and lord of the under
world, 128, 129, 130;
twin brothers, war-gods, compared with counterparts in Mexico and
Yucatan, 130;
colors assigned to cardinal points, 192;
creation myth, 200, 223;
modern, ceremonies, symbols, etc., compared with those of Mexico,
Central America and Peru, 200;
Sky-father and Earth-mother;
Macaw or winter people, and Raven or summer people, 201;
linguistic affinities with Nahuatl and Maya, 201;
myth about building the town at the stable middle of the earth, 202;
social organization, 203, 205;
symbol of seeds of life, compared with Mexico and Maya, 223;
numerical divisions, social organization, symbolism, etc., identical
with that of Mexico, Yucatan, Copan, Guatemala, Peru, etc.,
226, 493;
spider's web as image of numerical divisions;
colors assigned to four elements, compared with Mexico and China, 293;
use of quadruped to symbolize cardinal points and divisions of state
compared with similar symbolism in Mexico and Central
America, 295;
the pueblo represents a "seven in one," a counterpart of archaic
kingdoms in India, Persia, Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, Rome,
etc., 529.
NOTE.
I am indebted to the eminent Prof. Paul Haupt, of Johns Hopkins
University, for drawing my attention to the existence of an e
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