Mayer's Manual, 285.

Mazahuas or deer people, of Guatemala, 165.

McGee, W. J., 101.

Mecca, “the mother of cities;”

the grave of Mother Eve, 323.

Medhurst, W. H., 285, 289.

Melchites, 530.

Memorial stones, in Copan, 219.

means master-builder, artisan, etc., 234.

Menché, ancient ruins of, 215;

“Lorillard City,” 234;

ancient civilization of, 244.

Mendieta, 44, 67, 76.

Merida, modern capital of Yucatan, 68;

ancient name, “Ho,” 85;

figured in ancient map, 86.

Mesopotamia, pole-star worship, 321, 557;

quadruple organization, stable Centre, 322;

seat of various empires, 334.

(see Calendar Stone of Mexico).

Mexican Calendar system

(see Calendar Systems).

Mexican MSS. unpublished, 90.

Mexican Sacrificial Stone

(see Sacrificial stone).

Mexico, number of deities;

same god under several names, 7;

idols, 8;

worship of supreme Creator, 8;

calendar-swastika, 9;

calendar-stone, 12, 13, 95, 245-258, 280;

system of government, origin of, 15;

game, symbolizing axial rotation, 24, 25;

calendar system, 25, 35, 53, 100, 145, 176, 179, 182, 221, 245, 282, 297, 528, 529, 530;

Great Temple of, 58, 83, 90, 96, 107, 225, 507;

City of, divided into four quarters, 83;

built on dual island in dual lake, 84;

ancient map of, 88;

ancient capital of, divided into two halves, 89;

recumbent stone figures bearing circular vessel, 93;

tribal and household “idols,” origin of, 139;

native arms of, 157;

caste division associated with left hand, 165;

origin of human sacrifice, 173;

numerical divisions, social organization, symbolism, etc., identical with Peru, Copan, Guatemala, Yucatan, Zuñi, etc., 226;

map of, to be published, 230, 231;

compared with other ancient cultures of America, 235-244;

sun cult and moon cult existing at same time, 264;

dual government at time of Conquest, 266;

cradle of American civilizations, 276;

names of symbols translated from Maya, 278;

swastika symbol found associated with calendar signs, 280;

spider's web as symbol of numerical divisions, 293;

summary, in table of countries, 494;

the sacred and tribal tree, 499;

lighting the sacred fire, 504;

symbols and plan of government compared to those of Old World, 506-524;

numerical divisions on which the cosmical scheme was based, 528;

date when calendar was instituted, 530;

ruder forms of culture, 531;

civilization at time of Conquest indicative of contact with Old World, 538;

period of warfare, pestilence, etc., 539;

resemblance between name of capital (Temistitan), and of Greek philosopher, Themistius, 543;

summary and conclusions, 546.

Meyer's Lexikon, 288.

Micmac Indians, myths about Ursa Major, 510.

Mictlampa, Nahuatl name for the North, 8.

Mictlan, land of the dead, 40, 245.

Mictlantecuhtli, identical with Tezcatlipoca, 8;

lord of the North, 9, 11;

symbols of, 37, 42, 44, 47, 57, 185, 186, 249, 260, 295.

Midas, king of Phrygia, 459.

Migration, from the north, to South America, 224;

caused by desire to find stable centre of the earth, 275;

in Mexico and Central America in twelfth century, 539

(see Migration myths).

Migration myths and traditions: in connection with cult of Polaris, 43;

Peruvian, Mayan, Mexican, 149, 150, 151;

motive of, explained by Zuñi, 201, 202;

Kukulcan driven out of Chichen Itza and journeyed to Mexico, 206;

three brothers came from the West and settled in Chichen Itza, 207;

into Yucatan from the South, 210, 211;

the Mayas came from Tollan in Zu-iva, 217;

the Mexican culture hero came from the East, “the ancient red land,” 525, 528-530

(see Myths and Traditions).

Mikado, 311.

Mill-stone, as symbol, 494-509.

Milne, J. G., 425.

Minotaurus, ruler of island of Crete, 457.

Mirror, of obsidian, 10;

used as oracle among the Cakchiquel Indian of Guatemala, 80;

in sacred edifices;

in great temple of Mexico;

eyes of image of Tezcatlipoca, 80;

symbol of Tezcatlipoca;

oracle of judgment in Mexico and Guatemala;

aid to astronomical observations, 82;

of obsidian, symbol of star-cult;

of polished pyrites, symbol of sun-cult, 83;

in connection with symbolical tree and serpent, 110;

bowl of water, preceded use of, 225;

in Shinto symbolism, 311;

in Egypt, 409.

Mississippi valley, cult of Polaris, 44;

earth-work builders, 50;

early peoples of, in contact with Mayas, 112;

names of cities and tribes showing Maya influence, art resembling that of Mayas, 199.

Missouri, cult of Polaris indicated by emblems on shell-gorget, 44.

Mit (Egyptian)=death, or the dead, 381.

Mithra, Aryan god of the wheel, 313.

Mitimaes, Peruvian colonists, 149.

Mitla, 244;

recent excavations at, 513.

Moabites, 351.

Mohammedans, 305.

Mol, glyph on Copan altar, 227.

Molina's dictionary, 8, 93, 132, 138, 139, 141, 145, 146, 147, 152, 154, 158, 165, 168, 186, 189, 192, 553.

Monarquia Indiana, 95.

Mongolia, Buddhists of, 315.

Monkey=Ozomatli, Mexican day-sign, 112.

Monophysite doctrine of Eutyches, 530.

Montagua river, 215, 230.

Montesinos, 146, 150.

Montezuma, 34, 43, 54, 60, 61, 67-75, 83, 106, 125, 150, 183, 208, 231, 245, 265, 266, 540, 547.

Moon, associated with cult of night, Earth Mother, the Below, 104;

in Peruvian cult of the Below, 134, 135, 148;

in Bogota, 171;

astronomical attainments of priests of, 180;

in Mexican calendar stone, 250;

image in silver on pyramid at Teotihuacan, 264, 267;

in China, 286, 287, 292;

lunar calendar, 297;

in religion of Persia, 325;

in Babylonia and Assyria, 332, 344, 347;

in Egypt, 389, 424, 438.