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INDEX AND GLOSSARY

Ipalnemohuani (He by whom Men Live). Mexican name of the sun-god, 97

Ioi-Balam (Tiger of the Moon). One of the first men of the ‘‘Popol Vuh’’ myth, 229, 230

Irma. District in Peru; local creation-myth of, 258-259

Itzaes. a warlike race, founders of Chichen-Itza, 153

Itzamal. Maya city-state in Yucatan, 8, 152, 154; ruins at, 187-188

Itzamna. Maya moon -god, father of gods and men, tutelar of the west, 170; founder of the state of Itzamal, 152; God D probably is, 173; the temple of, at Itzamal, 187; called also Kab-ul (The Miraculous Hand), 187; the gigantic image of, at Itzamal, 188

Ix. A minor Maya deity, 170

Ix chebel yax. Maya goddess; identified with Virgin Mary by Hernandez, 170

Ix ch'el. Maya goddess of medicine, 170

Ixcoatl. Mexican king, 35

Ixcuiname. Mexican goddesses of carnal things, 108

Ixtlilton (The Little Black One). Mexican god of medicine and healing, 112; called brother of Macuilxochitl, 112

Ixtlilxochitl, Don Fernando de Alva. Mexican chronicler, II, 46; account of the early Toltec migrations, 11, 12; and myths of the Toltecs, 13; reference to the Teo-Amoxtli, 45; his Historia Chichimeca and Relaciones, 46, 58; his value as historian, 46; legend of the creation related by, 119-120

Izimin Chac. The image of Cortés' horse, 195

Izpuzteque. Demon in the Mexican Other-world, 38

Iztacmixcohuatl. Father of Quetzalcoatl, 79


J

Jaguar-Snake. Mixtec deer-goddess; in creation-myth, 120

Jalisco. Mexican province; cliff-dwellings in, 24, 25


K

Kabah. Maya city; ruins at, 190-191

Kab-ul (The Miraculous Hand). Name given to Itzamna, 187

Kakchiquel dialect, 145

Kakchiquels. a Maya people of Guatemala, 157-159; and the episode of the defeat of Cay Hun-Apu, 159

"Kamucu" (We see). The song of the Kiche at the first appearance of the sun, and at death of the first men, 232

Kan. A minor Maya deity, 170

Kanikilak. Indian deity, 83, 84

Ki Pixab (Corner of the Earth). Name given by the Kiche to their land of origin, 254

Kiche. A Maya people of Guatemala, 157-159; their rulers supreme in Guatemala, 158; their story of the creation as related in the Popol Vuh, 209; origin of, as related in the Popol Vuh, 229-230; fond of ceremonial dances and chants, 238

Kiche (or Quiche) dialect, 145, 209; the Popol Vuh originally written in, 207, 209

"Kingdom of the GreatSnake." Semi-historical Maya empire, 144

Kinich-ahau (Lord of the Face of the Sun). Same as Arara and Kinich-Kakmno. Sun-god of the Maya of Yucatan, tutelar of the north, 170

Kinich-Kakmo (Sun-bird). I. Same as Kanich-ahau, which see. II. The pyramid of, ruin at Itzamal, 187

Klaproth, H. J. von. And the Fu Sang fallacy, 3

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