B

Bacabs. Genii in Maya mythology, [170]

Balam-Agab (Tiger of the Night). One of the first men of the Popol Vuh myth, [229], [230]

Balam-Quitze (Tiger with the Sweet Smile).
An ancestor of the Maya, [188];
one of the first men of the Popol Vuh myth, [229], [230]

Balon Zacab. Form of the Maya rain-god, [176]

Bat. Typical of the underworld, [96]

Bat-god. Maya deity, known also as Camazotz, [171]–172

Birth-cycle. In Mexican calendar, [39], [41]

Bochica. Sun-god of the Chibchas, [276]

Bogota. City at which the Zippa of the Chibchas lived, [276]

Boturini Benaduci, L. His work on Mexican lore, [58]

Bourbourg, The Abbé Brasseur de. Version of Nahua flood-myth, [122]–123

Brandan, St. Probable voyage to America, [4]

Brinton, D. G. Theory as to the Toltecs, [21];
on Quetzalcoatl, [81];
translation of a poem on the Peruvian thunder-god myth, and comments on the myth, [300]–301

Burgoa, Father. Account of a confession ceremony, [108]–110;
description of Mitla, [199]–206