Bull, winged bulls of Babylonia and Assyria,
336;
Yahwe, national god of the Hebrews, represented as man or as bull,
350;
astronomical sign in Egypt for Ursa Major, and possibly of Polaris,
385;
linguistic reasons why king of Egypt was entitled
“the bull,” 385;
title of Egyptian supreme deity,
389;
cow, bull or ox, in Egyptian zodiac signs,
395;
Apis, sacred bull of Egypt,
399;
in inscription in temple of Denderah,
401;
Baal worshipped under image of,
410;
Egyptian
ka, rebus, signifying Polaris and Ursa Major,
410;
associated with the goose in symbolism,
418;
Minotaurus, ruler of Crete,
457.
Cakchiquel Indians of Guatemala,
79;
obsidian mirror used as oracle,
80;
legend suggesting form of government,
172;
tribal division associated with calendar,
178,
179;
tradition in relation to 7-day period,
182.
Calendar systems, Mexican,
7;
suggested by Polaris and circumpolar constellations,
25;
Mexican, monograph on,
53;
connection between calendar signs and divisions of the people,
175;
a governmental institution,
179;
invention of native system by ancient inhabitants of Chiapas,
182;
kept profound secret by priesthood,
205;
fixed term of office for ancient American rulers,
221;
Mexican, originated from the fixed market-days,
245;
signs identified with different parts of human form,
282;
instituted by the Chinese emperor, Yaou,
289,
292;
Chaldean and Hindoo,
300;
Japanese compared with Mexican,
311;
Central American and Mexican,
528;
time when first adopted,
529,
530.
Calendar-stone of Mexico,
12;
night sun pictured on,
13;
symbol of five dots compared with same on recumbent stone figure,
95;
market-stone of the City of Mexico, regulated social organization,
245;
special work on, by Zelia Nuttall,
246;
image of
“Great Plan” or Scheme of Organization,
247;
regulated machinery of state,
254;
Gama's, Valentine's and Chavero's descriptions,
256;
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based on observation of Polaris,
257;
embodied the idea of a central, dual and quadruple power, etc.,
258;
contains symbol of union of dual principles of nature,
280.
Can, Maya word for serpent,
38;
affix in names of towns, Iroquois, Maya and Mexican,
198;
associated with pyramid as Teotihua-Can,
263;
in Chinese and Maya associated with fourfold division,
288.