U
Uayayab. Demon who
presided over the nemontemi (unlucky days), 177;
God N identified with, 177
Uemac. Tezcatlipoca and the daughter of, 61–63
Uitzlampa. Place in Mexico; in myth of Huitzilopochtli’s origin, 72
Urco-Inca. Inca superseded by Pachacutic, 284
Uricaechea, M. His collection of Chibcha antiquities, 277
Uxmal. Mexican city, founded by
Tutul Xius, 154;
abandoned, 155;
ruins at, 191–194;
primitive type of its architecture, 194
V
Vatican MSS., 37;
description of the journey of the soul in, 37–38
Vega, Garcilasso el Inca de la.
Hist. des Incas, cited, 7;
on the gods of the early Peruvians, 291
Venus. The planet; worship of,
96–97;
the only star worshipped by Mexicans, 96;
Camaxtli identified with, 111;
temple of, at Cuzco, 262
Vera Cruz. Quetzalcoatl lands at, 6
Verapaz. District in Guatemala, 158
Vetancurt, A. de. On Mexican mythology, 58
Villa-coto. Mountain; in a Peruvian flood-myth, 323–324
Villagutierre, J. de Soto-Mayor. And the prophecy of Chilan Balam, 8
Viollet-le-Duc, E. On the ruined palace at Mitla, 197
Viracocha.
I. Eighth Inca, 284, 318.
II. Peruvian deity;
temple of, at Cacha, 270;
regarded as son of the sun, 306;
worshipped by Quichua-Aymara as a culture hero, and called
Pachayachachic, 307.
III. A higher class of sacred objects of the Peruvians, 294.
IV. Name given to any more than usually sacred being, 301
Vitzillopochtli. Same as Huitzilopochtli; in an Aztec migration-myth, 233
Voc. A bird, the messenger of Hurakan; in Popol Vuh myth, 225
Votan. Maya god, identical with Tepeyollotl; God L probably is, 176
Vukub-Cakix
(Seven-times-the-colour-of-fire). A sun-and-moon god (Dr. Seler); in a
Kiche myth recounted in the Popol Vuh, 210–213;
possibly an earth-god, 237
Vukub-Came. One of the rulers of Xibalba, the Kiche Hades, 220, 221, 224
Vukub-Hunapu. Son of Xpiyacoc and Xmucane; in the myth in the second book of the Popol Vuh, 220–221, 224, 225, 227
W
“Wallum Olum.” Records of the Leni-Lenape Indians; a migration-myth in, resembles Kiche and Aztec myths, 233–234
Wind-Nine-Cave. Mixtec deity; in creation-myth, 120–121, 122
Wind-Nine-Snake. Mixtec deity; in creation-myth, 120–121, 122
Women of the Sun. Women dedicated to the service of the sun in Peru, 308
Writing. Of the Nahua, 34–35;
of the Maya, 159–166;
Dr. Le Plongeon and the Maya hieroglyphs, 239
X
Xalaquia.
I. Festival of Chicomecohuatl, 86–87.
II. The victim sacrificed at the Xalaquia festival, 87, 90
Xalisco. District in Mexico Toltecs in, 12
Xaltocan. Mexican city, 50
Xan. An animal mentioned in Popol Vuh myth, 225
Xaquixahuana. Place in Peru, 284
Xauxa. Place in Peru, 285
Xbakiyalo. Wife of Hunhun-Apu, 220
Xbalanque (Little Tiger). A
hero-god, twin with Hun-Apu; in a Kiche myth, 211–219;
in the myth in the second book of the Popol Vuh, 220, 223–227;
mentioned, 237
Xecotcovach. Bird in the Kiche story of the creation, 209
Xibalba.
I. A semi-legendary empire of the Maya, 144.
II. The Kiche Hades, “Place of Phantoms”; in the myth in
the second book of the Popol Vuh, 220–222, 225–227;
possible origin of the conception, 229;
properly a “place of the dead,” 229;
origin of the name, 229
Xibalbans. In the myth in the
second book of the Popol Vuh, 221, 225–227;
the originals of, 228–229;
nature of, 229
Xilonen. Form of Chicomecohuatl, 85
Ximenes, Francisco. Copied and translated the Popol Vuh, 207
Xipe (The Flayed). Mexican god,
91–92;
his dress assumed by Aztec monarchs and leaders, 91–92;
Xolotl has affinities with, 95;
God A thought to resemble, 174
Xiuhtecutli (Lord of the Year). A name of the Mexican fire-god, 95
Xiumalpilli. In Mexican calendar, 40
Xiyan Caan. City in Yucatan, 153
Xmucane (Female Vigour). The
mother-god in the Kiche story of the creation in the Popol Vuh,
209;
in the Vukub-Cakix myth, 212–213;
in the myth in the second book of the Popol Vuh, 220–225;
equivalent to the Mexican Omeciuatl, 236
Xochicalco (The Hill of Flowers). A teocalli near Tezcuco, 33–34
Xochimilcos. Aztec tribe, 233
Xochipilli. A name of Macuilxochitl, which see
Xochitla. A flower-garden near Tollan; the legend of Tezcatlipoca and, 63
Xochitonal. Monster in the Mexican Other-world, 38
Xochiyayotl (The War of Flowers). Campaign for the capture of victims for sacrifice, 98–99, 100
Xolotl.
I. King of the Chichimecs, 20;
Teotihuacan rebuilt by, 33.
II. A sun-god, 93–94;
of southern origin and foreign to Mexico, 93;
probably identical with Nanahuatl, 93;
representative of human sacrifice, 93;
has affinities with Xipe, 93;
representations of, 94
Xpiyacoc. The father god in the
Popol Vuh story of the creation, 209;
in the Vukub-Cakix myth, 212–213;
in the myth in the second book of the Popol Vuh, 220;
equivalent to the Mexican Ometecutli, 236
Xquiq (Blood). A princess of Xibalba, daughter of Cuchumaquiq; in Popol Vuh myth, 222
Xulu. A sorcerer mentioned in Popol Vuh myth, 227
Y
Yacatecutli. Tutelar god
of travellers of the merchant class in Mexico, 114;
the Maya Ekchuah probably parallel with, 177
Yahuarhuaccac. Seventh Inca, 283
Yahuar-pampa (Plain of Blood). Battle of, 285
Yamquisupa. Village; Thonapa and, 319
Yanacaca. Rocks; in a myth of Paricaca, 327
Yaotzin (The Enemy). A manifestation of Tezcatlipoca, 66
Yatiri (The Ruler). Aymara name of Pachacamac in his form of Pachayachachic; Huaina Ccapac and, 299
Yetl. God of natives of British
Columbia, 12;
probably cognate with Quetzalcoatl, 12, 83
Yma Sumac (How Beautiful). Daughter of Curi-Coyllur; in the drama Apu-Ollanta, 252–253
Yoalli Ehecatl (The Night Wind). A manifestation of Tezcatlipoca, 66
Yohualticitl. A name of Metztli, which see
Yolcuat. Form of Quetzalcoatl, 84
Yopi. Indian tribe; Xipe adopted from, 92
Yucatan. Settlement of the Maya
in, 151–152;
architectural remains in, 178
Yucay. Inca ruins at, 269
Yum Kaax (Lord of the Harvest Fields). Maya deity; God E probably identical with, 174
Yunca. Name given to the tropical and lowland districts of Peru, 255
Yupanqui Pachacutic. Ninth Inca, known also as Pachacutic. See Pachacutic
Z
Zacatecas. Mexican province, 32
Zapoteca. Aboriginal Mexican
race, 23;
builders of Mitla, 31;
their calendric system, 38;
and Quetzalcoatl, 84–85;
creation-myth of, 121–122;
Maya influences transmitted to the Nahua through, 147;
in effect a border people, influenced by and influencing Maya and
Nahua, 147;
of Nahua stock, 147
Zaque. Aboriginal Mexican race, 24
Zipacna (Cockspur or Earth-heaper). Son of Vukub-Cakix; in a Kiche myth in the Popol Vuh, 211–213, 216
Zippa. A chieftain of the Chibchas, 276
Zoque. A chieftain of the Chibchas, 276
Zotuta. Region in Yucatan inhabited by remnant of Cocomes, 156
Zotzilaha Chimalman. The Maya bat-god, called also Camazotz, 171–172
Zumarraga. Mexican chronicler, 13
Zutugil dialect, 145