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THE MYTHS OF MEXICO AND PERU

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PREFACE CHAPTER I: THE CIVILISATION OF MEXICO

The Civilisations of the New World Evidence of Animal and Plant Life Origin of American Man Traditions of Intercourse with Asia Legends of European Intercourse The Legend of Madoc American Myths of the Discovery A Peruvian Prophecy The Prophecy of Chilan Balam The Type of Mexican Civilisation The Mexican Race Legends of Mexican Migration The Toltec Upheaval Artificial Nature of the Migration Myths Myths of the Toltecs Legends of Toltec Artistry The House of Feathers Huemac the Wicked The Plagues of the Toltecs King Acxitl A Terrible Visitation Fall of the Toltec State The Chichimec Exodus The Disappearance of the Toltecs Did the Toltecs Exist? A Persistent Tradition A Nameless People Toltec Art Other Aboriginal Peoples The Cliff-dwellers The Nahua Race The Aculhuaque The Tecpanecs The Aztecs The Aztec Character Legends of the Foundation of Mexico Mexico at the Conquest A Pyramid of Skulls Nahua Architecture and Ruins Cyclopean Remains Teotihuacan The Hill of Flowers Tollan Picture-Writing Interpretation of the Hieroglyphs Native Manuscripts The Interpretative Codices The Mexican “Book of the Dead” The Calendar System The Mexican Year Lunar Reckoning Groups of Years The Dread of the Last Day The Birth-Cycle Language of the Nahua Aztec Science Nahua Government Domestic Life A Mysterious Toltec Book A Native Historian Nahua Topography Distribution of the Nahua Tribes Nahua History Bloodless Battles The Lake Cities Tezcuco The Tecpanecs The Aztecs The Aztecs as Allies New Powers

CHAPTER II: MEXICAN MYTHOLOGY

Nahua Religion Cosmology The Sources of Mexican Mythology The Romance of the Lost “Sahagun” Torquemada The Worship of One God Tezcatlipoca Tezcatlipoca, Overthrower of the Toltecs Myths of Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca Tezcatlipoca and the Toltecs The Departure of Quetzalcoatl Tezcatlipoca as Doomster The Teotleco Festival The Toxcatl Festival Huitzilopochtli, the War-God The War-God as Fertiliser Tlaloc, the Rain-God Sacrifices to Tlaloc Quetzalcoatl The Man of the Sun Various Forms of Quetzalcoatl Quetzalcoatl’s Northern Origin The Worship of Quetzalcoatl The Maize-Gods of Mexico The Sacrifice of the Dancer An Antiquarian Mare’s-Nest The Offering to Centeotl Importance of the Food-Gods Xipe Nanahuatl, or Nanauatzin Xolotl The Fire-God Mictlan Worship of the Planet Venus Sun-Worship Sustaining the Sun A Mexican Valhalla The Feast of Totec Tepeyollotl Macuilxochitl, or Xochipilli Father and Mother Gods The Pulque-Gods The Goddesses of Mexico: Metztli Tlazolteotl Chalchihuitlicue Mixcoatl Camaxtli Iztlilton Omacatl Opochtli Yacatecutli The Aztec Priesthood Priestly Revenues Education Orders of the Priesthood An Exacting Ritual

CHAPTER III: MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE ANCIENT MEXICANS

The Mexican Idea of the Creation Ixtlilxochitl’s Legend of the Creation Creation-Story of the Mixtecs Zapotec Creation-Myth The Mexican Noah The Myth of the Seven Caverns The Sacrificed Princess The Fugitive Prince Maxtla the Fierce A Romantic Escape A Thrilling Pursuit The Defeat of Maxtla The Solon of Anahuac Nezahualcoyotl’s Theology The Poet Prince The Queen with a Hundred Lovers The Golden Age of Tezcuco A Fairy Villa Disillusionment The Noble Tlascalan The Haunting Mothers The Return of Papantzin2 Papantzin’s Story

CHAPTER IV: THE MAYA RACE AND MYTHOLOGY

The Maya Were the Maya Toltecs? The Maya Kingdom The Maya Dialects Whence Came the Maya? Civilisation of the Maya The Zapotecs The Huasteca The Type of Maya Civilisation Maya History The Nucleus of Maya Power Early Race Movements The Settlement of Yucatan The Septs of Yucatan The Cocomes Flight of the Tutul Xius The Revolution in Mayapan Hunac Eel The Last of the Cocomes The Maya Peoples of Guatemala The Maya Tulan Doubtful Dynasties The Coming of the Spaniards The Riddle of Ancient Maya Writing The Maya Manuscripts The System of the Writing Clever Elucidations Methods of Study The Maya Numeral System Mythology of the Maya Quetzalcoatl among the Maya An Alphabet of Gods Difficulties of Comparison The Conflict between Light and Darkness The Calendar Traditional Knowledge of the Gods Maya Polytheism The Bat-God Modern Research God A The Maize-God The Sun-God “The God with the Ornamented Nose” The Old Black God The Travellers’ God The God of Unlucky Days The Frog-God Maya Architecture Methods of Building No Knowledge of the Arch Pyramidal Structures Definiteness of Design Architectural Districts Fascination of the Subject Mysterious Palenque An Architectural Curiosity The Temple of Inscriptions Aké and Itzamal The House of Darkness The Palace of Owls Itzamna’s Fane Bearded Gods A Colossal Head Chichen-Itza The Nunnery The “Writing in the Dark” Kabah Uxmal The Dwarf’s House The Legend of the Dwarf The Mound of Sacrifice The Phantom City The Horse-God Copan Mitla A Place of Sepulture An Old Description of Mitla Human Sacrifice at Mitla Living Sacrifices The Cavern of Death Palace of the High-Priest Furniture of the Temples

CHAPTER V: MYTHS OF THE MAYA

Mythology of the Maya The Lost “Popol Vuh” Genuine Character of the Work Likeness to other Pseudo-Histories The Creation-Story Vukub-Cakix, the Great Macaw The Earth-Giants The Undoing of Zipacna The Discomfiture of Cabrakan The Second Book A Challenge from Hades The Fooling of the Brethren The Princess Xquiq The Birth of Hun-Apu and Xbalanque The Divine Children The Magic Tools The Second Challenge The Tricksters Tricked The Houses of the Ordeals The Reality of Myth The Xibalbans The Third Book The Granting of Fire The Kiche Babel The Last Days of the First Men Death of the First Men American Migrations Cosmogony of the “Popol Vuh” Antiquity of the “Popol Vuh” The Father-Mother Gods Gucumatz Hurakan Hun-Apu and Xbalanque Vukub-Cakix and his Sons Metrical Origin of the “Popol Vuh” Pseudo-History of the Kiche Queen Móo The Funeral Chamber The Frescoes The Soothsayers The Royal Bride Móo’s Refusal The Rejected Suitor Aac’s Fierce Wooing Prince Coh The Murder of Coh The Widowhood of Móo The Manuscript Troano

CHAPTER VI: THE CIVILISATION OF OLD PERU

Old Peru The Country The Andeans A Strange Site Sacsahuaman and Ollantay The Drama-Legend of Ollantay The Love-Story of Curi-Coyllur Mother and Child The Races of Peru The Coming of the Incas The Quichua-Aymara The Four Peoples The Coming of Manco Ccapac The Peruvian Creation-Story Local Creation-Myths The Character of Inca Civilisation An Absolute Theocracy A Golden Temple The Great Altar Planetary Temples The Mummies of Peru Laws and Customs The Peruvian Calendar The Festivals The Llama Architecture of the Incas Unsurpassed Workmanship The Temple of Viracocha Titicaca Coati Mysterious Chimu The Palace The Civilisation of Chimu Pachacamac Irrigation Works A Singular Discovery The Chibchas A Severe Legal Code A Strange Mnemonic System Practical Use of the Quipos The Incas as Craftsmen Pottery Historical Sketch of the Incan Peruvians The Inca Monarchs The First Incas Viracocha the Great The Plain of Blood The Conquest of Middle Peru Fusion of Races Two Branches of the Incas The Laws of Pachacutic Tupac-Yupanqui Huaina Ccapac The Inca Civil War A Dramatic Situation A Worthless Despotism

CHAPTER VII: THE MYTHOLOGY OF PERU

The Religion of Ancient Peru Totemism Paccariscas Worship of Stones Huacas The Mamas The Huamantantac Huaris Huillcas The Oracles of the Andes Lake-Worship in Peru The Lost Island The Thunder-God of Peru The Great God Pachacamac Peruvian Creation-Stories Pachayachachic Ideas of Creation Pacari Tampu Worship of the Sea Viracocha Sun-Worship in Peru The Sun’s Possessions Inca Occupation of Titicaca Pilgrimages to Titicaca Sacrifices to the New Sun The Citoc Raymi Human Sacrifice in Peru Methods of Medicine-Men Death by Suffocation The Obsequies of a Chief Peruvian Myths The Vision of Yupanqui The Bird Bride Thonapa A Myth of Manco Ccapac Inca Coniraya Viracocha The Llama’s Warning The Myth of Huathiacuri Paricaca Conclusion

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mexico Central America Peru

INDEX AND GLOSSARY

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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