VI. DASENT’S ESSAY ON THE ETHNOGRAPHICAL VALUE OF POPULAR TALES AND LEGENDS.
Whilst treating of legendary lore in connection with Ethnographry, we must not forget to refer the reader to the highly useful and philosophical remarks on this subject in Dasent’s Introduction to his Popular Tales from the Norse.[[26]] Here we see that not only are the popular tales of any nation indicative of its early condition and its later progress, but also that the legends, fables, and tales of the Indo-European nations, at least, bear internal evidence of their having grown out of a few simple notes—of having sprung from primæval germs originating with the old Aryan family, from whom successive migrations carried away the original myth to be elaborated or degraded according to the genius and habits of the people.
[26] Popular Tales from the Norse. (Translated from Asbjörnsen and Moe’s Collection.) By George Webbe Dasent, D.C.L. With an Introductory Essay on the Origin and Diffusion of Popular Tales.—Second Edition, Edinburgh: 1859.
Thus other means of resolving the relations of the early races of Man are added to those previously afforded by ethnographical and philological research.
INDEX.
Account-keeping, 87.
Acodada, 57.
Africans and Chinese, 13.
Agriculture, 26, 61, 63, 89, 157-161, 172, 216.
Ahuehuetes, 57, 155, 215, 265.
Alameda, 57.
Alluvial Deposits, 150.
Aloes, 35, 136; huts built of, 36.
Aloe-fibre, manufacture of, 88.
Aloe-juice, collected for Pulque, 36, 91.
Amatlan, 299.
Amecameca, 265.
American War, 118-120.
Amozoque, 295.
Anahuac, 57, 270.
Antiquities, collections of, 222-236, 262.
Antonio, our man, 321.
Ants, 8.
Aqueduct of Chapultepec, 55.
Arch, Aztec, 153, 276.
Armadillo, 312, 319, 325.
Arms of Mexico, 42.
Army, Mexican, 114-119.
Arrow-heads, 137.
Art, Aztec, 186, 230, 316.
Astronomy, Aztec, 237-241, 244.
Atotonilco, 82, 85.
Aztec Antiquities, 35, 137, 141-148, 150-156, 183-195, 222-244, 262-264, 274-280.
Aztec Civilization, 103.
Aztec Language, 143, 227, 235, 243, 279, 333.
Bananas, 178.
Baratillo, 169-171.
Barometer, height of, 68.
Barrancas, 89, 179, 310, 313.
Barricades, 55.
Batabano, 3.
Baths of Santa Fé, 7.
Bells, ancient, 235.
Bits, 167.
Books, 124.
Bronze-age, 139.
Bronze,
stone-cutting with, 138-140;
hatchets, 225;
bells and needles, 235.
Bull-fights, 70.
Bull-dogs in Mexico, 149.
Bull, lazoing the, 253, 323.
Cacahuamilpán, 200-205.
Cacao-beans, 227.
Cactuses, 73, 90, 140, 144.
Calendar-stone of Mexico, 237-240.
Canals, 58, 130.
Canoes, 60, 129, 132, 134.
Capitalists, 295.
Cascade of Regla, 93.
Castor-oil plant, 9.
Casa Grande, 77, 135.
Cattle, 16, 31, 323.
Cave of Cacahuamilpán, 203-205.
Central American Antiquities, 189-193.
Cerro de Navajas, 95-100.
Chalco,
Canal of, 58;
Lake, 173;
Chalma, 208-214.
Chapultepec, 55, 57.
Chinampas, 62.
Chinese in Cuba, 12.
Chipi-chipi, 26.
Cholula, 274-278.
Church, the, 113, 213, 285-290.
Church-dances, 211.
Churches in Mexico, 36, 46.
Civil-war, 112, 283, 328.
Cigar-making, 3.
Clergy of Mexico, 7, 79, 287.
Clay figures, 229, 275.
Coach, old-fashioned, 59.
Cochineal-insect, 24.
Cockfighting, 254, 256.
Cockroaches, 325.
Cocoyotla, 196.
Colearing, 71.
Columbus, 4.
Comonfort, President, 19, 112.
Compadrazgo, 250.
Commerce of Mexico, 105.
Convents in Mexico, 46, 287.
Convicts, 22.
Cordova, 25.
Corrida de Toros, 70.
Costumes, 51, 62, 168.
Courier, 167, 310.
Criminals, 245-249.
Cuba, 2.
Cuernavaca, 179.
Cura of New Gerona, 9.
Cypress-trees, 57, 155, 215, 265.
Dancing, 207, 211.
Dasent on Popular Legends, &c., 339.
Debt-slavery, 291.
Diligence, travelling by, 37, 173.
Dishonesty of Mexicans, 80-82.
Dram-drinking, 83.
Dress of the Indians, 61.
Drums, 231.
Earthquakes, 66.
Eclipses observed in Mexico, 333.
Education, 125-128.
Emancipados, 6, 14.
English in Mexico, 73, 318.
Estación de Méjico, 121.
Ethnology, 17, 102-104, 187-195, 241-244, 276-280.
Evaporation, rapid, 75.
Feather-work, 70.
Flies’ eggs, 156.
Floating gardens, 62.
Flooded streets, 65.
Florida, free blacks from, 5, 10-12.
Forests, destruction of by Spaniards, 45.
Fueros, 19.
Future of Mexico, 329.
Gambling, 15, 207, 256-258, 320.
Glass-works, 135.
Glossary, 335.
Goddess of War, 222.
Gold and Silver work, 234.
Gourd-bottles, 171.
Grove of Cypresses, 57.
Guadalupe (Our Lady of), 66, 120-224.
Hams, Toluca, 219.
Havana, 1, 326.
Hedges of Cactus, 73.
Highlands of Mexico, 35.
Hill of Drums, 215.
Holy Week, 47-54.
Horse-bath, 290.
Horses, 163-165, 317.
Hotel d’Yturbide, 39.
Houses, 25, 36, 91, 135, 172; built on piles, 41.
Huamantla, 31.
Huehuetoca, draining-cut of, 45.
Humming-birds, 69.
Indian Baptism, 207.
Indian Ointment, 324.
Indians of Mexico, 47,60-64, 80-88, 173, 182, 197-199, 200-208, 299-309, 314-316.
Indian Soldiers, 23, 120, 122.
Indulgences, 52, 124.
Inquisition, the, 128.
Insects, 319.
Intemperance, 47, 83, 307.
Inundations, 44, 65, 123.
Iron, 102, 140.
Irrigation, 86, 157-161, 179.
Isle of Pines, 4.
Iztaccihnatl, 268.
Jacal, Mount, 95.
Jalapa, 317-321.
Jorullo, 92.
Judas, 50.
Judas’s Bones, 49.
Junta, La, 314.
Justice, Administration of, 246-248, 300.
Lakes in Valley of Mexico, 44-46, 65, 130-134, 173.
Lava-fields, 28, 35, 118.
Law-courts of Mexico, 249.
Lazoing, 71, 252-254, 323.
Legends, 236, 276-279, 340.
Leper Hospital, 251.
Leperos, 251.
Lerma, 219.
Le Tellier MS., on Eclipses, 332.
Loadstone mountain, 102.
Locusts, 298.
Lonja, 66.
Machinery in Mexico, 109.
Magnetic Iron-ore, 102.
Manufacture of Obsidian Knives, 97, 331.
Marble Quarries in the Isle of Pines, 6.
Market, Indian, 85, 89.
Martin, our servant, 273, 321.
Masks, 110, 226, 235, 337.
Matracas, 49.
Mestizos, 48, 61, 300.
Metate, 88.
Mexican Dishes, 51;
Ladies, 51;
Words, 227, 263.
Mexican Police, 149;
War with United States, 118.
Mexico, City of, 41-44, 111;
Old, 147;
Formation of the country of, 27;
Future of, 329;
People of, 55;
Valley of, 40-46, 270.
Military Statistics, 115.
Miners, 79, 258.
Miraflores, 264.
Minería, or School of Mines, 47.
Mirage, 30.
Mongolian Calendar, 241.
Monks, 205, 209, 213.
Morals of Servitude, 81, 293.
Mosaic work, 101, 110, 235.
Mosquitos, 5, 325.
Mules, Mexican, 175.
Museum of Mexico, 222-237.
Negress, white, 323.
Negros in Mexico, 13, 323.
Nevado de Toluca, 219.
Nopals, Plantations of, 24.
Nopalucán, 296.
Nortes, 21, 23.
Nuestra Señora de Remedies, 121.
Nueva Gerona, 4, 8.
Numerals, Mexican, &c., 107-110.
Obsidian, mines of, 95, 99; knives, &c., 95-102, 137, 229, 331.
Oculan, 215.
Old Mexico, 147;
Baths near Tezcuco, 153;
Bridge near Tezcuco, 153.
Organ-cactus, 73.
Orizaba, town of, 26; volcano of, 18, 29, 226.
Ornament, common styles of, 185.
Pachuca, 69, 74.
Palma Christi, 9.
Paseo, or Alameda, 57.
Passport-system (Cuba), 3.
Peñón de los Baños, 131.
Peons, 291-294.
People of Mexico, 55.
Picture-writings, 104, 130, 232-234.
Pintos, 309.
Pirates of the Spanish Main, 5.
Ploughing, 172.
Police, Mexican, 149.
Political Economy, 105, 217, 264, 294, 302-309, 328.
Politics of Mexico, 19, 111-118, 282-284, 290, 328.
Popocatepetl, ascent of, 265-273.
Population, 217, 302-309.
Potrero, 307.
Pottery, 85, 88, 151, 226, 275.
Priests, 9, 79, 285-290.
Prisons, 244-248.
Promenade of Las Vigas, 64.
Protective duties, 104, 264.
Puebla, 113, 281-291.
Pulque, 35, 37, 91.
Pulque-shops, 63.
Pyramids, 43, 141-148, 190, 274-278.
Quarries in the Isle of Pines, 6; of obsidian, 99; of Teotihuacán, 137.
Rag-fair in Mexico, 169.
Railway, 2, 24, 121.
Rain, 136, 266.
Rainy Region, 26.
Ranches, 25, 266, 299.
Rattles, 49.
Real del Monte, 77.
Rebozo, 56.
Reform in Mexico, 117.
Regla, 78; cascade of, 93.
Revolutions, 20, 114, 282-284.
Roads in Mexico, 29, 37, 76.
Robbers, 32, 117, 170, 297;
Priest-captain of, 34.
Sacred trees, 215, 265.
Sacrifice of Spaniards, 145.
Sacrificial
Clamps, 225;
Stone, 223.
Saddles, &c., 162-167.
St. Thomas’s, W. Indies, 327.
Salinas of Campeche, 84.
Saline condition of the soil, 133.
Salt, 83, 154.
Salt-pans, 155.
Salto del Agua, 55.
Sand-pillars, 30.
San Andrés Chalchicomula, 312.
San Antonio de Abajo, 296.
San José and Earthquakes, 67.
San Nícolas, 272.
Santa Anita, 63.
Santa Maria de Guadalupe, 121.
Santa Rosita de Cocoyotla, 196.
Sardines, 87.
School of Mines, 47.
Scorpions, 319, 322.
Sculptures at Xochicalco, 185.
Serape, 169.
Sheep, 324.
Shrines of Xochicalco, 193.
Silver-mines, &c., 74, 92, 105, 107.
Siege & Capitulation of Puebla, 113, 282.
Sisal, 16.
Skull decorated with mosaic work, 337.
Slave-trade, 13, 16.
Smuggling, 273, 296.
Solar Eclipses observed in Mexico, 331.
Soldiers, 23, 114, 171.
Soquital, 82.
Spanish-moss, 57.
Spurs, 295.
Stalactitic Cave, 200.
Statistics of Mexico, 115, 249, 286.
Stone-hammers, 137.
Stone knives and weapons, 90, 103.
Streets of Mexico, 41, 55.
Sugar-canes, 179.
Sugar-hacienda, of Santa Rosita, 196; of Temisco, 180.
Sugar-plantations of Havana, 2.
Tacubaya, 57, 69.
Tallow, 324.
Tasco, Silver-mines at, 74.
Temisco, 179.
Temple-pyramids—see Pyramids.
Tenancingo, 218.
Tenochtitlán, 41.
Ten Tribes, the, 17.
Teocallis, see Pyramids.
Teotihuacán,
Pyramids of, 141-148;
Quarries of, 137, 141.
Tequesquite, 133.
Tezcotzinco, 152.
Tezcuco, 129, 150, 260-264;
Aztec Bridge at, 153.
Tezcuco, Lake of, 65, 129, 138.
Thieves, 52, 170, 245.
Tisapán, 118-120.
Toluca, 219.
Tortillas, 38.
Tropical Vegetation, 2, 24, 179.
Turkey-buzzards, 22.
Valley of Mexico, 45.
Yapour-bath, native, 301.
Vegetation, zones of, 21-27, 178, 216.
Vera Cruz, 18-21, 325.
Virjen de Remedios, 123.
Virgins, the rival, 123.
Volantes, 2.
War-idol, 222.
Water-bottles, 171.
Water-pipes, 157.
Xochimilco, Lake of, 173.
Xochicalco, Ruins of, 183-195.
Yucatan, 16.
Zopilites, 22.