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Sacrifice, Human. In connection with Teotleco festival, [69];
with Toxcatl festival, [69]–70;
with Tlaloc, [76]–77;
displaced by “substitution of part for whole,” [85], [116];
in the Xalaquia festival, [87];
in connection with Xipe, [92];
Xolotl the representative of, [93];
in worship of the planet Venus, [96];
in sun-worship, [98]–100, [101];
the keynote of Nahua mythology, [166];
among the Maya, [166];
at Mitla, described by Father Burgoa, [202]–203;
among the Chibchas, [276];
in Peru, [313]
Sacrificed Princess, the legend of the, [123]–124
Sacsahuaman. Inca fortress; the ruins of, [250];
built by Pachacutic, [287]
Sahagun, Father Bernardino. His work on Mexican lore, [56]–57;
account of the Teotleco festival, [68]–69;
account of a confession ceremony, [106]–108
Salish Indians, [83]
“Salvador,” The. A curious Inca vase, [281]
San Carlos. The University of, in Guatemala; the lost Popol Vuh found in, [207]
San Lorenzo. Village; in a myth of Paricaca, [327]
Saramama. Guardian spirit of the maize plant, in Peru, [295]
Schellhas, Dr. And the Maya writing, [162];
and names of the Maya deities, [168]
Scherzer, Dr. C. Finds the lost Popol Vuh, [207]
Sea. Worshipped by the Peruvians as Mama-cocha, [306]
Seler, Dr. On Quetzalcoatl, [80]–81;
on Xolotl, [93]–94;
and the Maya writing, [162], [164];
on God K, [175]–176;
on God P, [177];
on Mitla and the origin of the American race, [198]
Serpent. Varied significance of the, [72], [74], [76];
association of Huitzilopochtli with, [72]–73;
associated with the bird, [73]
Seven Caverns. Myth of the, [123]
Sierra Nevada (Mountain of Snow). In legend of Quetzalcoatl’s migration, [65]
Sinchi Roca (Wise Chief). The second Inca, [283]
Skinner, J. Account of the discovery of a wooden cross, [274]–275;
on mohanes, [297]–298;
account of the methods of medicine men in Peru, [314]–315;
account of obsequies among a Peruvian tribe, [315]–317
Släalekam. Sun-god of the Salish Indians, [83]
Sondor-huasi. An Inca building bearing a thatched roof, [269]
Soto, Hernando de. Mentioned, [7]
Squier, E. G. On the Coricancha, [261]
Stephens, J. L. Legend of the dwarf related by, [192]–194;
story of the unknown city, [195]
Stones, worship of, in Peru, [292]–293
Suarez. Lorillard City discovered by, [195]
Sun. Prophecy as to coming of white men from, [7];
symbolised as a serpent by Hopi Indians, [82];
pictured as abode of Quetzalcoatl, [82];
“father” of Totonacs, [82];
Quaquiutl myth respecting, [83]–84;
worship of the, in Mexico, [97]–102;
the supreme Mexican deity, [97];
the heart his special sacrifice, [97];
blood his especial food, [98];
destruction of successive suns, [98];
human sacrifice to, in Mexico, [98]–100;
as god of warriors, [99];
conception of the warrior’s after-life with, [101];
the feast of Totec, the chief Mexican festival of, [101]–102;
the supreme Maya deity, [171];
in Inca creation-myth, [258], [305];
in the mythology of the Chibchas, [276];
worship of, in Peru, [306], [307]–313;
the possessions of, and service rendered to, [308]–309;
and the Rock of Titicaca, [309]–311;
especially worshipped by the aged, [310];
the Intip-Raymi festival of, [311]–312;
the Citoc-Raymi festival, [312]–313;
human sacrifice to, in Peru, [313]
Sunrise, Land of. In early American belief, [6]
“Suns,” the Four. In Aztec theology, [55]
Susur-pugaio. A fountain; and the vision of Yupanqui, [318]