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Cabrakan (Earthquake). Son of Vukub-Cakix; in a Kiche myth in the Popol Vuh, [211], [213], [216]–219
Cabrera, Don Felix. And the Popol Vuh, [207]
Cachapucara. Hill; Thonapa and, [319]–320
Caha-Paluma (Falling Water). One of the first women of the Popol Vuh myth, [230]
Cakixa (Water of Parrots). One of the first women of the Popol Vuh myth, [230]
Cakulha-Hurakan (Lightning). A sub-god of Hurakan, [237]
Calderon, Don José. And Palenque, [182]
Calendar. I. The Mexican, [38]–41;
an essential feature in the national life, [38];
resemblance to Maya and Zapotec calendric systems, [38], [169];
possible Toltec origin, [39];
the year, [39];
the “binding of years,” [39], [40];
the solar year, [39];
the nemontemi, [39];
the “birth-cycle,” [39], [41];
the cempohualli, or “months,” [39]–40;
the ecclesiastical system, [40];
the xiumalpilli, [40];
the ceremony of toxilmolpilia, [41].
II. The Maya; similarities to calendar of the Nahua, [38], [169].
III. The Peruvian, [265]–266, [313]
Callca. Place in Peru; sacred rocks found at, [293]
Camaxtli. War-god of the Tlascalans, [111]
Camazotz. The bat-god, called also Zotzilaha Chimalman, [171]–172, [226];
a totem of the Ahzotzils, a Maya tribe, [172]
Camulatz. Bird in the Kiche story of the creation, [209]
Canaris. Indian tribe; the myth of their origin, [318]–319
Canek. King of Chichen-Itza; the story of, [189]
Cannibalism. Among the Mexicans, [45]
Capacahuana. Houses for pilgrims to Titicaca at, [311]
Carapucu. I. Hill; in myth of Thonapa, [320].
II. Lake; in myth of Thonapa, [320]
Caravaya. Mountain; in myth of Thonapa, [320]
Carmenca. The hill of, at Cuzco; pillars on, for determining the solstices, [265]–266, [287]
Caruyuchu Huayallo. Peruvian deity to whom children were sacrificed; in a myth of Paricaca, [326]
Casa del Adivino (The Prophet’s House). Ruin at Uxmal, called also “The Dwarf’s House,” [192];
the legend relating to, [192]–194
Casa del Gobernador (Governor’s Palace). Ruin at Uxmal, [191]
Casas Grandes (Large Houses). Mexican ruin, [32]
Castillo, El. Ruined pyramid-temple at Chichen-Itza, [188], [190]
Cauac. A minor Maya deity, [170]
Cavillaca. A maiden; the myth of Coniraya Viracocha and, [321]–323
Caxamarca. Inca fortress, [290]
Cay Hun-Apu (Royal Hunter). The Kakchiquels and the defeat of, [159]
Ccapac-cocha. Sacrificial rite, instituted by Pachacutic, [286]
Ccapac-Huari. Eleventh Inca, [288], [289]
Ccapac Raymi. The chief Peruvian festival, [267];
Auqui, order of knighthood, conferred at, [287]
Ccapac Sitŭa (or Ccoya Raymi) (Moon Feast). Peruvian festival, [267]
Ccapac Yupanqui. Fifth Inca, [283]
Ccompas. Agricultural fetishes of the Peruvians, [294]
Cempohualli. The Mexican month, [40]
Centeotl. I. Group of maize-gods, [85].
II. A male maize-spirit, [85], [90];
God E similar to, [174].
III. Mother of II, known also as Teteoinnan and Tocitzin, [85], [90]
Centzonuitznaua. Mythical Indian tribe; in myth of Huitzilopochtli’s origin, [70]–72
Chac. Maya rain-god, tutelar of the cast, [170];
has affinities with Tlaloc, [176];
God K not identical with, [176]
Chacamarca. River in Peru; Thonapa and, [320]
Chachiuhnenetzin. Wife of Nezahualpilli, [129]–132
Chacras. Estates dedicated to the sun by the Peruvians, [310]
Chalcas. Aztec tribe, [233]
Chalchihuitlicue (Lady of the Emerald Robe). Wife of Tlaloc, [75], [77], [110];
assists the maize-goddess, [86]
Chalchiuh Tlatonac (Shining Precious Stone). First king of the Toltecs, [14]
“Chamayhuarisca” (The Song of Joy). Manco Ccapac sings, [321]
Chanca. A Peruvian people; and the Incas, [282]
Charnay, D. Excavations on the site of Teotihuacan, [33];
excavations at Tollan, [34];
and Lorillard, [195]
Chasca. The Peruvian name for the planet Venus; the temple of, at Cuzco, [262]
Chiapas. Mexican province; the nucleus of Maya civilisation lay in, [144], [149]
Chibchas. A Peruvian race, [275]–277
Chichan-Chob. Ruin at Chichen-Itza, [189]
Chichen-Itza. Sacred city of the Maya; founded by Itzaes, [153];
overthrown by Cocomes, [153], [155];
assists in conquering Cocomes, [156];
abandoned, [156];
ruins at, [188]–190;
and the story of Canek, [189]
Chichicastenango. The Convent of; and the Popol Vuh, [207]
Chichics. Agricultural fetishes of the Peruvians, [294]
Chichimecs. Aztec tribe; invade Toltec territory, [18];
the great migration, [20];
supreme in Toltec country, [20];
probably related to Otomi, [25];
allied with Nahua and adopt Nahua language, [26];
conquered by Tecpanecs, [51]
Chicomecohuatl (Seven-serpent). Chief maize-goddess of Mexico, [85]–88;
image of, erroneously called Teoyaominqui by early Americanists, [88]–90
Chicomoztoc (The Seven Caverns). Nahua said to have originated at, [11];
and Aztec idea of origin of mankind, [123];
identified with “seven cities of Cibola” and the Casas Grandes, [123];
parallel with the Kiche Tulan-Zuiva, [230]
Chicuhcoatl. In the story of the vicious princess, [130]
Chihuahua. Mexican province, [31]
Chilan Balam. Maya priest; the prophecy of, [8]
Chimalmat. Wife of Vukub-Cakix; in a Kiche myth, [211]–213
Chimalpahin. Mexican chronicler, [42]
Chimu. The plain of; ruined city on, [271];
the palace, [271]–272;
the ruins display an advanced civilisation, [272]–273
Chinchero. Inca ruins at, [269]
Chipi-Cakulha (Lightning-flash). A sub-god of Hurakan, [237]
Choima (Beautiful Water). One of the first women of the Popol Vuh myth, [230]
Cholula. Sacred city inhabited by Acolhuans, [47], [48];
the pottery of, [23]
Chontals. Aboriginal Mexican race, [23]
Choque Suso. Maiden; the myth of Paricaca and, [327]
Chulpas. Megalithic mummy tombs of Peru, [263]
Churoquella. A name of the Peruvian thunder-god, [299]
“Citadel,” The, at Teotihuacan, [33]
Citallatonac. Mexican deity; in a flood-myth, [123]
Citallinicue. Mexican deity; in a flood-myth, [123]
Citatli (Moon). A form of the Mexican moon-goddess, [106]
Citlalpol (The Great Star). Mexican name of the planet Venus, [96]
Citoc Raymi (Gradually Increasing Sun). Peruvian festival, [312]–313
Ciuapipiltin (Honoured Women). Spirits of women who had died in childbed, [108], [138]
Civilisation.
I. Of Mexico, [1]–53;
indigenous origin of, [1];
type of, [9].
II. Of Peru, [248]–290;
indigenous origin of, [1], [259];
inferior to the Mexican and Mayan, [248].
III. Of the Andeans, [249]
Clavigero, The Abbé. His work on Mexican lore, [57]–58
“Cliff-dwellers.” Mexican race related to the Nahua, [24], [25]
Cliff Palace Cañon, Colorado, [229]
Coaapan. Place in Mexico, [65]
Coatepec.
I. Mexican province, [62], [63].
II. Mountain, [70]
Coati. An island on Lake Titicaca; ruined temple on, [270]–271
Coatlantona (Robe of Serpents). A name of Coatlicue, Huitzilopochtli’s mother, [73]
Coatlicue. Mother of Huitzilopochtli, [70]–71;
as Coatlantona, [73]
Cocamama. Guardian spirit of the coca-shrub in Peru, [295]
Cochtan. Place in Mexico, [65]
Cocochallo. An irrigation channel; in a myth of Paricaca, [327]
Cocomes. A tribe inhabiting Mayapan; overthrow Chichen-Itza, [153];
their tyranny and sway, [154]–155;
conquered by allies, [156];
remnant found Zotuta, [156]
Codex Perezianus. Maya manuscript, [160]
Cogolludo, D. Lopez. And the story of Canek, [189]
Coh, Prince. In the story of Queen Móo, [240], [244], [246]
Cohuatzincatl (He who has Grandparents). A pulque-god, [105]
Colcampata, The, at Cuzco. The palace on, [269]
Colhuacan.
I. Mexican city, [20], [26], [233].
II. King of; father of the sacrificed princess, [124]
Colla-suyu. One of the four racial divisions of ancient Peru, [255]
Con. Thunder-god of Collao of Peru, [78], [299]
Confession among the Mexicans, [106], [108];
Tlazolteotl the goddess of, [106];
accounts of the ceremony, [106]–110
Coniraya Viracocha. A Peruvian nature-spirit; the myth of Cavillaca and, [321]–323
Contici (The Thunder Vase). Peruvian deity representing the thunderstorm, [301]
Conticsi-viracocha (He who gives Origin). Peruvian conception of the creative agency, [304]
Conti-suyu. One of the four racial divisions of ancient Peru, [255]
Copacahuana. Idol associated with the worship of Lake Titicaca, [298]
Copacati. Idol associated with the worship of Lake Titicaca, [298]
Copal. Prince; in legend of foundation of Mexico, [28]
Copan. Maya city; sculptural remains at, [196];
evidence at, of a new racial type, [196]–197
Coricancha (Town of Gold). Temple of the sun at Cuzco, [260]–262;
built by Pachacutic, [286];
image of the thunder-god in, [300]
Cortés. Lands at Vera Cruz, [7];
mistaken for Quetzalcoatl, [7], [80];
the incident of the death of his horse at Peten-Itza, [195]
Cotzbalam. Bird in the Kiche story of the creation, [209]
Coxoh Chol dialect, [145]
Coyohuacan. Mexican city, [50]
Coyolxauhqui. Daughter of Coatlicue, [70]–72
Coyotl inaual. A god of the Amantecas; and Quetzalcoatl, [79]
Cozaana. A Zapotec deity; in creation-myth, [121]
Cozcaapa (Water of Precious Stones). A fountain; in a Quetzalcoatl myth, [65]
Cozcatzin Codex, [92]
Cozumel. The island of, [154]
Creation. Mexican conceptions of, [118]–120;
the legend given by Ixtlilxochitl, [119]–120;
the Mixtec legend of, [120]–121;
the Zapotec legend of, [121]–122;
the Kiche story of, in the Popol Vuh, [209];
of man, the Popol Vuh myth of, [229]–230;
of man, a Peruvian myth of, [256];
the Inca conception of, [257]–258, [305];
local Peruvian myths, [258]–259
Cross, The. A symbol of the four winds in Mexico and Peru, [273];
account of the discovery of a wooden, [274]–275
Cuchumaquiq. Father of Xquiq; in Popol Vuh myth, [222]
Cuitlavacas. Aztec tribe, [233]
Curi-Coyllur (Joyful Star). Daughter of Yupanqui Pachacutic; in the drama Apu-Ollanta, [251]–253
Cuycha. Peruvian name for the rainbow; temple of, at Cuzco, [262]
Cuzco (Navel of the Universe). The ancient capital of the Incas, [248];
and the racial division of Peru, [255];
in the legend of Manco Ccapac, [256];
a great culture-centre, [256];
founded by the sun-god, [258];
the Coricancha at, [260]–262;
power under Pachacutic, [285]