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Icutemal. Ruler of the Kiche, [159]
Ilhuicatlan (In the Sky). Column in temple at Mexico, connected with the worship of the planet Venus, [96]
Illatici (The Thunder Vase). Peruvian deity representing the thunderstorm, [301]
Inca Roca. Sixth Inca, [283]
Incas (People of the Sun). The Peruvian ruling race; a composite people, [254];
place of origin, [254];
inferior to the Mexicans in general culture, [248];
mythology of, [255]–258, [317]–327;
character of their civilisation, [259];
no personal freedom, [260];
age of marriage, [260];
their system of mummification, [262]–264;
severity of their legal code, [264];
social system, [264]–265;
calendar, [265]–266;
religious festivals, [267];
architecture, [268]–269;
architectural remains, [270]–273;
irrigation works, [273];
possessed no system of writing, [278];
the quipos, [278]–279;
as craftsmen, [279]–281;
the pottery of, [280]–281;
period and extent of their dominion, [281]–282;
fusion of the constituent peoples, [285]–286;
splitting of the race, [286];
their despotism, [290];
religion of, [291];
sun-worship of, [307]–313
Incas. The rulers of Peru, [282]–290;
the Inca the representative of the sun, [260];
unlimited power of, [260];
the moon the mythic mother of the dynasty, [262]
Inti-huasi. Building sacred to the sun in Peruvian villages, [308]
Intihuatana. Inca device for marking the date of the sun-festivals, [265]
Intip Raymi (Great Feast of the Sun). Peruvian festival, [267], [311]–312
Intipampa (Field of the Sun). Garden in which the Coricancha of Cuzco stood, [260]–261
Ipalnemohuani (He by whom Men Live). Mexican name of the sun-god, [97]
Iqi-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, [11], [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]