Scarab, meaning of emblem, secret sign for “hidden god,” 397, 399.

Sceptre, with gold disk, in Mexico, 80, 81;

emblem of sovereignty in Assyria and Babylonia, 365;

in Egypt, 425.

Schellhas, P., 107, 108, 109, 111, 182.

Schlagintweit, 294, 301.

Schlegel, G., 284.

Schliemann, H., 459, 460, 518.

Schroeder, 526, 568.

Schuchhardt, 518.

Scorpion, Maya Zin-an;

symbol of Mictlantecuhtli, 9.

Scotland, use of checker-board design, 124.

Sed festival, 425, 429, 431.

Selden MS., 57, 90, 508, note.

Seeds, in symbolism of earth mother, 109;

in Maya codices, 111;

seeds of life, Zuñi, Mexican, Maya, 223, 225;

on Tablet of the Cross, 236;

on Copan swastika;

among Zuñi, 236;

conventionalized maize seeds, 237;

idols formed of seeds in Egypt and Mexico, 442, 443.

Seler, E., 109, 129.

Semiramis, temple of, 347.

Semites, 350-352, 521;

name of Supreme god=Yahu or Yaho or Yahve, 532;

allied to the Phœnicians, 540, note, 541.

Sendschirli tablet, 365.

Sepher Hathora, Hebrew book of the law, 361.

associated with time, 26, 27;

Nahuatl name=twin, Maya name=four, 31;

symbol of dual or quadruple nature, 31;

of eternal life and the Creator, 32;

cursive sign for, 38;

on shell gorgets from Mississippi valley, 49, 112;

origin of symbol, 50;

divine ruler of four quarters, 68, 69;

feathers with (see Feathered serpent) 70, 71;

pertaining to earth-mother, 100;

double-headed, forming vase, 101;

in connection with tree of life, 103, 110, 189;

with burial of woman, 107;

with symbol of Earth, 111;

associated with air symbol, 126;

in ancient Peruvian fable, 152;

on sculptured slabs from Guatemala, 154;

totem of tribe conquered by Incas, 157;

in arms of Mexico, 157;

on silver pendant from Cuzco, 170;

with seven heads, symbolical of Mexican and Maya seven tribal divisions, 181;

of dual ruler, 190;

mythological snake among the Pueblo people, 200;

symbol of Below among the Zuñi, 204;

totemic animal of Uxmal, 214;

at Copan and Quirigua, 219, 220, 223, 228;

on “Cross Tablets” at Palenque, 236, 238, 239;

on Calendar-stone, 255;

on monolith “Divine Twin,” 261;

of gold and mosaic on statue of Huitzilopochtli, 266;

meaning of symbol, 281;

in India, 313;

in Persia, 325;

in Babylonia, 335;

worshipped in the temple of Solomon, 351;

in Egyptian symbolism, 389, 391, 393, 424;

in Old and New World, 522-523.

Serpent-woman, 60, 61, 65;

Cihuacoatl, Mexican ruler, 67, 77, 79, 111;

emblem of, figured and described, 128.

Seven, sacred number, 29, 56

(see summary, 480-494;

also Numerical divisions).

Shakespeare, 247, note.

Shamash, temple of, in Babylonia, 331;

antiquity of cult of, 332;

symbols of, 356;

cross and four-spoked wheel of, 355, 365, 495;

image of, made by a race of pole star worshippers, 503;

compared with “black or night sun” on Mexican Calendar stone, 506.

Shang, Chinese word for Above, 118.

Shang-te, Chinese supreme ruler, whose residence was “Tien”=Heaven, 301.

S-shape, Ursa Minor figured as, 11;

bronze brooch from Scandinavia, 29;

on native fabrics, in Vienna Codex, 34;

in B. N. MS., 34, 38;

in Sahagun's Historia, 34;

cakes in shape of, 34;

associated with star signs and the North, 35;

in Mexican and Maya codices, 35, 36;

sign of summer solstice, 36;

with cross and rain symbols, 37;

breads in shape of, 46;

figure on Phœnician tablet, 395, note.

Shell gorgets, representing winged human being, 39, note;

in Illinois, Missouri and Tennessee, showing cult of Polaris, 44;

from Tennessee, 48, 49;

evidence of identical symbolism from Yucatan to Illinois, 48-52, 112.

Shell, symbol of parturition, 95, 238.

Shell pendant, symbolism of, 112.

Shinto religion, 311.

Shiwana-kwe, priesthood of the priest-people among the Zuñi, 201.

Shoo king, 289, 290, 292, 295, 298, 299.

Shogunate, 311.

Shun, Chinese emperor succeeding Yaou, 292, 298.

Siculus, Diodorus, 329, note, 540, note.

Sidon, 527.

Siena, Italy, founded by sons of Remus, affinities with ancient Rome, 465.

Silco, 530, 531.

Simpson, Wm., 313.

Sippara, tablet of, 331, 332, 350, 356, 365, 495, 503, 506.

Situa, Peruvian festival when the cults of Above and Below were celebrated, 134.

Siva, cult of, compared with cult of Earth-mother, 314.

Skull, artificially deformed in ancient Peru, 143.

Sky-father among the Zuñi, 201.

Smith, Professor, 522.

Smyth, Piazzi, star-map, 30, 43.

Snail, symbol of parturition, 111.

Social organization in Mexico, at time of Montezuma, myths relating to origin of, 54, 62-75

(see Quadruple organization and Numerical divisions).

Society Islands, study of Pleiades in, 52.

Solomon, built altar to Astarte in Jerusalem, 350;

built altars to Kamosh, god of the Moabites, and to Milkom, god of the Ammonites, 351.

Solomon's temple, 327, 344, 522.

Solon, 445, 447, 448, 455, 526.

Solar or civil year, divisions, 254.

Solstice, summer, 36;

winter, 40;

lighting sacred fires at time of, 83.

Sommier, Stephen, 477.

Sophocles, 453.

South America, symbolism of, compared with that of Mexico, 122, 224

(see Peru).