Sweat house, Nahuatl name of, 124.

Symbolism, in central United States identical with that of Mexico and Yucatan, 48, 49, 50;

of Mexico influenced by migration from Yucatan, 67;

influenced by sound of word, among the Mayas and Mexicans, 110, 183, 185, 186, 284;

in China, 277;

showing linguistic affinities between Mayas, and early peoples of the Mississippi valley, 112;

same in Peru, Central America, Yucatan and Mexico, 170;

resemblances between Pueblo people and Mayas and Mexicans, 199, 200, 236;

same in Copan, 226;

in Palenque and Quirigua, 240;

on Calendar stone explained, 247;

symbols connected with Middle, etc., 277;

with Four Quarters, Above and Below, 278;

names of Mexican symbols often translations of Maya name, 278;

recapitulation of important native symbols, 279-284;

year symbols in Mexico and China, 291;

resemblances and differences, Chinese and American, 293-296;

summary of use of human and animal figure, 296;

explanations and illustrations of Egyptian symbols, 367-461;

Egyptian pyramid and mummy, 379-381;

of ancient Scandinavia, 474;

symbols denoting axial rotation, 494;

in architecture (see window, tau, pyramid, Greek fret, round form, square form, color, etc.);

of human form (see separate references under Human);

for special symbols, see separate references.

Syracuse, coins from, swastika with human head in centre, 459.

Tabasco, 211.

Tablet, containing ancient map of Babylonia

(note following Index).

Talon, of beast of prey, symbol of four lords of Below, 185.

Taouism, 298, 301, 306.

Tarahumari Indians, ceremonies typifying fecundity of earth, etc., compared with those of ancient Mexicans, 101.

Tartan design, 122, 123, 124.

Tau, double, shape of courtyard, 82, 86, 87;

signified union of Above and Below;

inverted, emblem of Above;

upright emblem of the Below, 118;

in American ceremonial rite;

among the cliff dwellers of Colorado;

among the Pueblo Indians;

in Scandinavia, called Thor's hammer;

in architecture of Central America, and Palenque;

in dance of Moqui Indians;

different forms of, figured and described, 119, 122;

in checker-board or tartan design, 123;

suggested by fire-drill, 280;

tau-shaped cross in Mesopotamia, 321;

tau-shaped altar in Egypt, 411.

Taylor, E. B., 297, note.

Taylor, W. C., 463, 468, 488, note.

Tecpan, Mexican council house;

meaning of word, 183.

Tecpatl, symbol of the North, 10, 34;

flint knife, 45, 46;

sacred producer of vital spark, 47;

myth concerning, 54;

figured as offspring of dual divinity, 55;

symbol of Fire, 56;

emblem of “supreme pontiffs,” 62;

one of the four year [pg 598] symbols, 76;

in Borgian Codex, 98;

on carved slab from Santa Lucia, 172;

possible origin of name, which means “to govern,” 183;

on Sacrificial Stone of Mexico, 258.

Teen-hwang-ta-tee, Chinese name for the pole-star, 284, 302.

Temistitan, ancient name for capital of Mexico, 542.

Temple of Mexico, 58, 80, 83, 90, 118.

Temples, of the “Tigers” at Chichen-Itza, 212;

“11,” at Copan, 222;

of “the Inscriptions” at Palenque, 235, 240;

of “the Sun,” 235, 239, 240;

of “Cross No. 2,” 235, 243;

of Ptah at Memphis, 367;

at Abydos, 386.

Tenayocan, name of Mexican town containing the affix “Can,” 263.

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

Tenochtitlan, 63;

hieroglyph in centre of ancient Maya and Mexican maps, 88.

Teo-Culhuacan, from Teotl, stars, sun, gods, something divine; and Culhua, something recurved, and can, the place of=name for Aztlan, 56.

Teotihuacan, pyramids of, 140, 199, 263, 264;

description of ruins, registry of death by small clay heads, 267;

Pyramids show knowledge of “Great Plan;”

great antiquity;

advanced stage of intellectual development, 268;

same civilization as builders of Pyramid of Cholula, 269;

two cults, two languages (Maya and Nahuatl) and dual rulership, 274, 529.

Teotl, represented by image of sun;

signifies something divine, 13, 65;

title of the upper class in Mexico, 102, 140;

meaning a divinity or divine lord and applied to all lords or rulers, 279.

Terra cotta heads and figures in Mexico and Peru, 139, 140.

Terrace form, rain symbol, 132.

Tet, Egyptian symbol of eternity, described and analyzed, 394.

Texcoco, 55, 163, 183.

Texoxoctli, stone placed with dead of lower class, 195.

Tezcatl, obsidian mirror, 10.

Tezcatlipoca, meaning of name;

identical with Mictlantecuhtli, 8;

surrounded by circle of footsteps;

myth concerning, 9;

symbols of, representations of;

fastened to symbol of the North, 10;

star-cult connected with, 11;

synonymous names, 11;

myth concerning, 12, 26, 44, 45;

associated with the Below, the female region, 42;

with black, 62;

title of, means “Heart of the Earth,” 72, note;

“Shining Mirror,” 79;

image of, beside the idol of Huitzilopochtli, in great temple of Mexico, 60, 82, 265;

lord of the Nocturnal Heaven, 82;

priests of, called “Sons of the Night,” connected with divination, 83;

honored jointly with Huitzilopochtli at Toxcatl festival, 97;

flint knife, emblem of, 103;

compared with Zuñi idol, 128, 129;

suggested by symbols at Tiahuanaco, 166;

tradition, 208;

fire-drill god, 505, 507.

Tezolotlan, termed the land of war, 172.

Tezozomoc, 11, 40, 60, 61, 79.

Themistius of Byzantium, 542.

Theodosius, 530.

Theophrastus, 519.

Thibet, astronomical science, 301;

Buddhist of, 315.

Thomas, Cyrus, 109.

Thor, Norse supreme god, 473.

Thor's hammer, 119.

Thucydides, 457.

Tiahuanaco, place of first appearance of Incas, 133;

monolithic doorway, 165;

swastika sacred symbol, 166;

ruins of, 167-169, 209.

Tiberius Claudius, 440.

Tien (Chinese), Heaven, also Supreme ruler, 301.

Tiger, in stone, with human head and hollow depression in back, found in Yucatan and Mexico, 95;

on sculpture from Mitla, 163;

“Tiger's arm,” title of prince in ancient Mexico, 163;

head, symbol on monolithic doorway at Tiahuanaco, Peru, 165;

heads, at end of swastika;

on sculptured doorway, 166;

in headdress on sculptures, 167;

warrior caste of Mexico;

temple of, at Chichen Itza, 212

(see Puma, Jaguar and Quadruped).

Tikal, 210;

classification of ruins, 215.

Timæus, 445.

Time, Egyptian sign, circle with dot, 387.

Tinamit, on Usumacinto river, 215.

Tionontaté or Tobacco Nation, 197.

Titicaca lake, as place of first appearance of Incas, 133, 539.

Tititl, name of Mexican feast, 79.