, 41
names for God, 51, 58 n.[TN-19]
evil deities, 64
myth of first four brothers, 81
of paradise, 89
of creation, 196
of flood, 207
of hell, 251, 258
Quichuas, 31
religion, 55
ancestors, 82, 153
names of cardinal points, 93 n.
myths, 155
(_See_ Peru, Incas.)[TN-28]
Quipus, 14
Rattlesnake, as a symbol, 108 sq.
Raven, as a symbol, 195, 204, 213, 229
Red, symbolic meaning, 80, 88, 140
Sacrifice, its meaning, 291
Sacs, 84, 277
Sanscrit flood-myth, 212
Schwarz, Dr., his views of mythology, 112
Seminoles, 129
Serpent, as a symbol, 107 sq., 136, 158
Seven, a sacred number, 66, 128 n., 202, 204, 273 n., 281, 283
Shawnees, 26, 84 n.,[TN-20] 110, 113, 114, 144, 281
Shoshonees, 28, 138
Sillam Innua, 50, 76
Sioux, 28, 151, 236
Soul, notions concerning, 235 sq., 277
Sua, the Muysca God, 184
Sun-worship, 141 sq., 149, 243-9
Suns, Aztec, 215 sq.
Takahlis, 127, 197, 201, 253, 256
Tamu, 184, 294
Taras, 158
Taronhiawagon, 171
Tawiscara, 170
Teczistecatl, 132
Teatihuacan,[TN-29] 46, 69
Three, a sacred number, 66, 98, 156
Thunder-storm, in myths, 150 sq.
Tici, the vase, 130
Timberlake, Lt., his _Memoirs_, 115
Titicaca, Lake, 124, 178
Tlacatecolotl, supposed Aztec Satan, 106
Tlaloc, god of rain, 75, 88, 156-7
Tlalocan, 88, 246
Tlapallan, 88, 91, 181
Tloque nahuaque, 58 n.[TN-19]
Tohil, 157
Toltecs, 29, 180
Tonacatepec, 88
Toukaways, 231
Trinity, in American religions, 156
Tulan, 88, 89, 181
Tupa, 32, 84, 152, 185
Tupis, 32
myths, 83 n., 152, 185, 210, 258, 274
Twins, sacred to lightning, 153-4
Unktahe, a Dakota god, 133
Vase, symbol of, 130, 155
Viracocha, supreme god in Peru, 124, 155, 177-80
Waitz, Dr., his _Anthropology_, 40, 288
Wampum, 15
Water, myths of, 122 seq., 194
West, myths of, 92, 93, 166
White, as a symbol, 165, 174-6
Whiteman's land, 21 n.
Winds, myths of, 49-52, 74 sq., 96, 103, 166, 182
Winnebagoes, 220
Witchitas, 224
Writing, modes of, 9-13
Xelhua, 228
Xibalba, 64, 251
Xochiquetzal, 137
Xolotl, 258
Yakama language, 50
Yamo and Yama, twin deities, 154 n.
Yoalli-ehecatl, 50
Yohualticitl, 132
Yupanqui, Inca, 55
Yurucares, 201, 224, 259
Zac, empire of, 31, 124
Zamna, culture hero of Mayas, 93, 183, 188
Zapotecs, 183
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