Ayllu, Peruvian word for tribe or lineage, 141.
Aztlan, land of light, 56, 57.
Baal, Assyrian god, 345;
worshipped under image of bull, 410.
Babylonia, Chinese immigrants from, 299;
Middle kingdom, 299;
astronomy, 300;
star cult, 326;
numerical divisions, etc., 328;
either a mountain or a star signified a god, 329;
astronomical observations of great antiquity, 329;
oriented to the Four Quarters, 333;
decline of the empire, 347;
female ruler, 347;
described in Revelations;
sevenfold organization, 348;
seven-staged tower, 356;
sevenfold state, 357;
altar of gold, 361.
Babylonia-Assyria, the Babylonia triad, Anu, Ea, and Bel, signify the Above, Middle and Below, 336;
compared with gods of China, 336;
combined Heaven and Earth cult, 344;
seven-fold organization, 360;
seven-staged tower (Zikkurat) and the great basin (Apsu) symbolized cosmological conceptions;
tree or pole as sacred symbol;
fire-stick, 361;
worship of Polaris;
male and female principles in nature, 363;
New Year's festival, 364;
summary and conclusions, 367, 544.
Bacab, title of Maya chief, 86;
title of rulers of Four Quarters, 183.
Bailly, 319.
Balam, Maya word for ocelot;
title of four lords of Below or Earth;
same as chac, 185.
Balboa, 150.
Ball, C. J., 302.
Bandelier, Ad. F., 61, 74, 79, 84, 168, 200.
Baptism, Maya, 225.
Barber, Commander, U. S. N., 159.
Bartholomew de las Casas, Friar, 32.
Bat, symbol of happiness, 277.
Bat-kin-ya-mûh, the Water people, 200.
Bastian, A., 153.
Bead, jade bead, as symbol in Mexico, 81;
“gold bead,” used as title;
symbolical among the Mayas, 237.
Beard, on stelæ at Copan and Quirigua, 219, 230;
on calendar sign;
on images of air-god, 231;
worn by representatives of Above, 231;
not worn by representatives of Below, 231;
in pictorial art, 232;
on portrait-statue of Stela E, at Quirigua, 232;
bearded personages on stelæ were high-priests, etc., 232;
beardless effigies indicated different caste, 232;
bearded Spaniards regarded, by Mexicans, descendants of founders of their civilization, 266;
emblem of sovereignty in Egypt, 426.
Bee, Maya word for=cab;
Cab glyph, 110.
Beetle (see Scarab).
Beltram de Santa Rosa, Fray, 89, 101.
Benares, temple of;
sacred cow, 316.
Bentham, 476.
Bentley, 300.
Berichten der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft, 478.
Berlin Museum, 380, 417, 423, 424, 426, 427, 457, 460, 507.
Berra, Orozco y, 264, 268, 269.
B. N. MS. (Biblioteca Nationale MS.), same as “Lyfe of the Indians.”
Biblioteca Nazionale Manuscript (in press), 7, 9, 11, 12, 34, 37, 39, 44, 45, 46, 47, 54, 57, 64, 66, 71, 99, 102, 111, 112, 125, 128, 130, 189, 241, 279, 505.
Biot, 298, 301.
Bird, title of Mexican war chief, 25;
humming-bird in symbolism, 39;
with spider, serpent and cross on shell gorget, 49;
Bird-god, borne on litter, 71;
ancient Yucatan in shape of bird, 86;
illustrated social organization in Mexico, 87;
totem of Incas, 157;
on arms of Mexico, 157;
on sculptures at Tiahuanaco, 167;
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man-bird represented ruler of upper division of State in Mexico, 185;
typical of lords of four provinces in Mexico, 190;
blue-bird, Mexican symbol, 190;
name of Nahuatl tribe, 206, 214;
three most powerful tribes of Yucatan have bird names, 217;
on altar at Copan, 228;
in sculptures at Palenque, and in Mexican Fejervary chart, 235;
mask in Mexican festival, 242;
totem of the Air people in Mexico, 254;
recapitulation of meaning of symbol, 282;
use of as symbol, 296;
vulture, symbol of Upper Egypt, 368.
Birdwood, Geo., 314, 575.
Blackfoot Indians, myth about Ursa Major, 511.
Black, Robert, 526.
Black Sun, in B. N. MS., 54.
Blood offerings, meaning of, 98, 99, 442.
Boas, Franz, 147.
Boat, in sculptured bas-relief at Chichen-Itza, 160;
in Babylonian symbolism, 366;
in Egyptian symbolism, 403;
Egyptian, Grecian, Phœnician in early times, 491.
Bochica or Ida-can-zas, culture hero of the Muyscas;
personification of the Sun or Above, 171.
Bodleian MS., 44, 90.
Bodleian Library at Oxford, 508.
Boeckh, 488.
Bogota, dual government, calendar, etc., 171.
Bohn, 486.
Book of the Dead, 372, 374, 386, 387, 404, 406.
Book of Manu, 317.
Book of Yu, 296.
Bopp and Pott, 500.
Boturini, 150, 180, 181, 182, 268, 269.
Bourbourg, B. de, 35, 69, 89, 191, 206, 211, 216, 217, 271.
Bournouf, 448, 451.
Bovallius, Dr., 230.
Bowl or vase (see Vase).
Brahmanism, 312, 313.
Brandenburg, spearhead from, illustrating triskelion and swastika associated, 28.
Brandsford, J. F., 50.
Brazil, wooden clubs with Greek fret, 121;
symbolism, etc., compared with that of other ancient American civilizations, 224.
Breath, puffs of, conventionalized on Copan slab, 223;
on bas-relief at Palenque, 223;
at Quirigua, 223;
compared with Zuñi symbolism, 223;
in Copan, 280.
Brinton, D. G., 60, 69, 72, 82, 88, 93, 100, 107, 109, 110, 111, 112, 164, 171, 175, 178, 181, 182, 191, 192, 217, 235.