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Nadaillac, Marquis de. Account of the use of quipos, [278]–279
Nahua (Those who live by Rule). Ancient Mexican race, [9];
civilisation, features in, and character of, [9], [146], [148];
compared with Oriental peoples, [10];
meaning of the name, [10];
place of origin, [10]–11;
route of migrations to Mexico, [12];
theory of Toltec influence upon, [22];
and cliff-dwellers, [24]–25;
territories occupied by, [25];
writing system of, [34]–35;
calendric system of, [38]–41;
language of, [42]–43;
science of, [43];
form of government, [43]–44;
domestic life of, [44]–45;
distribution of the component tribes, [47];
authentic history of the nation, [48]–53;
religion, [54];
Tezcatlipoca and, [67];
influence of the Maya civilisation upon, [147];
culture and religion influenced by climatic conditions, [148];
invade Maya territory, [150]–151;
influence Maya cleavage, [151];
in the Maya conflict in Guatemala, [159];
the relationship of the mythology of, to that of the Maya, [166];
difference in sun-worship of, from Peruvian, [307]–308
Nahuatlatolli. The Nahua tongue, [25]
Nanahuatl (Poor Leper) (or Nanauatzin). Mexican god of skin diseases, [93];
the myth of, [93];
Xolotl probably identical with, [93]
Nanauatzin. Same as Nanahuatl, which see
Nanihehecatl. Form of Quetzalcoatl, [84]
Nata. The Mexican Noah, [122]–123
Nauhollin (The Four Motions). Mexican sacrificial ceremonies, [99]
Nauhyotl. Toltec ruler of Colhuacan, [20]
Nemontemi (unlucky days). In Mexican calendar, [39], [40]
Nena. Wife of Nata, the Mexican Noah, [122]–123
Nexiuhilpilitztli (binding of years). In Mexican calendar, [39], [40]
Nextepehua. Fiend in the Mexican Other-world, [38]
Nezahualcoyotl (Fasting Coyote). King of Tezcuco; the story of, [125]–128;
his enlightened rule, [128];
as a poet, [128];
his theology, [128];
and his son’s offence, [129];
his palace, [132];
his villa of Tezcotzinco, [133]–136
Nezahualpilli (The Hungry Chief).
I. A manifestation of Tezcatlipoca, [66].
II. Son of Nezahualcoyotl; story of his wife’s crime, [129]–132;
in the story of Princess Papan, [140]
Nima-Kiche. The ancestor of the Kiche race; the legend of, [158]
Ninxor-Carchah. Place in Guatemala; mentioned in Popol Vuh myth, [224]
Nitiçapoloa. Ceremony connected with worship of Centeotl the son, [90]
Nonohualco. Place in Mexico; Tutul Xius may have come from, [153]
Norsemen. Voyages of the, to America, [5]
Nunnery. The ruin at Chichen-Itza, [189]–190