INDEX AND GLOSSARY
Sacsahuaman. Inca fortress; the ruins of, 250; built by Pachacutic, 287
Sahagun, Father Bernardino. His work on Mexican lore, 56-57; account of the Teotleco festival, 68-69; account of a confession ceremony, 106-108
Salish Indians, 83
"Salvador," The. A curious Inca vase, 281
San Carlos. The University of, in Guatemala; the lost Popol Vuh found in, 207
San Lorenzo. Village; in a myth of Paricaca, 327
Saramama. Guardian spirit of the maize plant, in Peru, 295
Schellhas, Dr. And the Maya writing, 162; and names of the Maya deities, 168
Scherzer, Dr. C. Finds the lost Popol Vuh, 207
Sea. Worshipped by the Peruvians as Mama-cocha, 306
Seler, Dr. On Quetzalcoatl, 80-81; on Xolotl, 93-94; and the Maya writing, 162, 164; on God K, 175-176; on God P, 177; on Mitla and the origin of the American race, 198
Serpent. Varied significance of the, 72, 74, 76; association of Huitzilopochtli with, 72-73; associated with the bird, 73
Seven Caverns. Myth of the, 123
Sierra Nevada (Mountain of Snow). In legend of Quetzalcoatl's migration, 65
Sinchi Roca (Wise Chief). The second Inca, 283
Skinner, J. Account of the discovery of a wooden cross, 274-275; on mohanes, 297-298; account of the methods of medicine men in Peru, 314-315; account of obsequies among a Peruvian tribe, 315-317
Slaalekam. Sun-god of the Salish Indians, 83
Sondor-huasi. An Inca building bearing a thatched roof, 269
Soto, Hernando de. Mentioned, 7
Squier, E. G. On the Coricancha, 261
Stephens, J. L. Legend of the dwarf related by, 192-194; story of the unknown city, 195
Stones, worship of, in Peru, 292-293
Suarez. Lorillard City discovered by, 195
Sun. Prophecy as to coming of white men from, 7; symbolised as a serpent by Hopi Indians, 82; pictured as abode of Quetzalcoatl, 82; "father" of Totonacs, 82; Quaquiutl myth respecting, 83-84; worship of the, in Mexico, 97-102; the supreme Mexican deity, 97; the heart his special sacrifice, 97; blood his especial food, 98; destruction of successive suns, 98; human sacrifice to, in Mexico, 98-100; as god of warriors, 99; conception of the warrior's after-life with, 101; the feast of Totec, the chief Mexican festival of, 101-102; the supreme Maya deity, 171; in Inca creation-myth, 258, 305; in the mythology of the Chibchas, 276; worship of, in Peru, 306, 307-313; the possessions of, and service rendered to, 308-309; and the Rock of Titicaca, 309-311; especially worshipped by the aged, 310; the Intip-Raymi festival of, 311-312; the Citoc-Raymi festival, 312-313; human sacrifice to, in Peru, 313
Sunrise, Land of. In early American belief, 6
"Suns," the Four. In Aztec theology, 55
Susur-pugaio. A fountain; and the vision of Yupanqui, 318
T
Tabasco. Same as Tlapallan, which see
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