T
Tabasco. Same as Tlapallan, which see
“Tablet of the Cross,” [161], [185]–186
Tancah. Maya city, [8]
Tapac-yauri. The royal sceptre of the Incas, [321]
Tarahumare. Mexican tribe; and cliff-dwellings, [25]
Tarma. Place in Peru; Huanca defeated at, [285]
Tarpuntaita-cuma. Incas who conducted sacrifice, [311]
Tata (Our Father). A name of the Mexican fire-god, [95]
Tayasal. Maya city, [196]
Teatlahuiani. A pulque-god, [104]
Tecpanecs. Confederacy of Nahua tribes, [26], [50];
significance of the name, [26], [50];
rivals of the Chichimecs, [27];
of Huexotzinco, defeated by Tlascaltecs, [49];
Aztecs allies of, [51];
growth of their empire, [51];
conquer Tezcuco and Chichimecs, [51]
Tecumbalam. Bird in the Kiche story of the creation, [209]
Telpochtli (The Youthful Warrior). A name of Tezcatlipoca, [66]
Temacpalco. Place mentioned in the myth of Quetzalcoatl’s journey to Tlapallan, [65]
Temalacatl. The Mexican gladiatorial stone of combat, [100]
Temple of the Cross No. I, The, at Palenque, [185], [186];
No. II, [186]
Temple of Inscriptions, The, at Palenque, [185]
Temple of the Sun, The.
I. At Palenque, [185].
II. At Tikal, [196]
Tenayucan. Chichimec city, [26]
Tenochtitlan. Same as Mexico, which see
Teo-Amoxtli (Divine Book). A Nahua native chronicle, [45]–46
Teocalli. The Mexican temple, [30]
Teocuinani. Mountain; sacred to Tlaloc, [77]
Teohuatzin. High-priest of Huitzilopochtli, [75]
Teotihuacan. Sacred city of the Toltecs, [18], [47];
the fiend at the convention at, [18];
the Mecca of the Nahua races, [32];
architectural remains at, [32], [33];
rebuilt by Xolotl, Chichimec king, [33];
Charnay’s excavations at, [33]
Teotleco (Coming of the Gods). Mexican festival, [68]–69
Teoyaominqui. Name given to the image of Chicomecohuatl by early investigators, [88];
Payne on the error, [88]–90
Tepeolotlec. A distortion of the name of Tepeyollotl, [102]
Tepeyollotl (Heart of the Mountain). A god of desert places, [102]–103;
called Tepeolotlec, [102]
Tepoxtecatl. The pulque-god of Tepoztlan, [105], [117]
Tepoztlan. Mexican city, [105]
Tequechmecauiani. A pulque-god, [104]
Tequiua. Disguise of Tezcatlipoca, [63]
Ternaux-Compans, H. Cited, [4]
Teteoinnan (Mother of the Gods). Mexican maize-goddess, known also as Tocitzin, and identical with Centeotl the mother, [85], [90]
Tezcatlipoca (Fiery Mirror). Same as Titlacahuan and Tlamatzincatl. The Mexican god of the air, the Jupiter of the Nahua pantheon, [37], [59], [67];
tribal god of the Tezcucans, [59];
development of the conception, [59]–60;
in legends of the overthrow of Tollan, [60];
adversary of Quetzalcoatl, [60], [79];
plots against Quetzalcoatl, and overcomes him, [60]–61;
as Toueyo, and the daughter of Uemac, [61]–62;
and the dance at the feast in Tollan, [63];
as Tequiua, and the garden of Xochitla, [63];
and the legend of the amusing infant and the pestilence, [63]–64;
as Nezahualpilli, [66];
as Yaotzin, [66];
as Telpochtli, [66];
as usually depicted, [66];
Aztec conception of, as wind-god, [66];
as Yoalli Ehecatl, [66];
extent and development of the cult of, [67]–68;
as Moneneque, [67];
and the Teotleco festival, [68]–69;
the Toxcatl festival of, [69]–70, [74];
in the character of Tlazolteotl, [107], [108]
Tezcotzinco. The villa of Nezahualcoyotl, [133]–136
Tezcuco.
I. Chichimec city, [26], [47];
rivalry with Azcapozalco, [49];
its hegemony, [49];
conquered by Tecpanecs, [51];
allied with Aztecs, [52];
Tezcatlipoca the tribal god, [59];
the story of Nezahualcoyotl, the prince of, [125]–128.
II. Lake, [26];
in legend of the foundation of Mexico, [28];
the cities upon, [47], [49]–50
Tezozomoc, F. de A. On Mexican mythology, [58]
Theozapotlan. Mexican city, [203]
Thlingit. Indian tribe, [83]
Thomas, Professor C. Research on Maya writing, [162];
on God L, [176]
Thomas, St. The Apostle; Cortés believed to be, [7];
associated with the Maya cross, [187], [275];
and the wooden cross found in the valley of the Chichas, [274]
Thonapa. Son of the creator in Peruvian myth; in connection with stone-worship, [293];
myths of, [319]–320
Thunder-god, Peruvian, [299]–302
Tiahuanaco. Prehistoric city of the Andeans, [249]–250;
the great doorway at, [249];
in a legend of Manco Ccapac, [256];
in Inca creation-myth, [258];
and legend of Thonapa the Civiliser, [293]
Tiçotzicatzin. In the story of Princess Papan, [140]
Tikal. Maya city; architectural remains at, [196]
Titicaca.
I. Lake, [249];
settlements of the Quichua-Aymara on the shores of, [254];
Manco Ccapac and Mama Oullo Huaca descend to earth near, [256];
regarded by Peruvians as place where men and animals were created, [298];
called Mamacota by people of the Collao, [298];
idols connected with, [298]–299.
II. Island on Lake Titicaca;
the most sacred of the Peruvian shrines, [270];
ruined palace on, [270];
sacred rock on, the paccarisca of the sun, [293], [309];
sun-worship and the Rock of Titicaca, [309]–311;
the Inca Tupac and the Rock, [309]–310;
effect on the island of the Inca worship of the Rock, [310];
pilgrimage to, [310]–311;
Thonapa on, [320]
Titlacahuan. Same as Tezcatlipoca, which see
Titlacahuan-Tezcatlipoca, [123]
Tiya-manacu. Town in Peru; Thonapa at, [320]
Tlacahuepan. Mexican deity; plots against Quetzalcoatl, [60];
and the legend of the amusing infant and the pestilence, [63]–64
Tlachtli. National ball-game of the Nahua and Maya, [33], [220], [224], [227]
Tlacopan. Mexican city, [26], [50];
Aztecs allied with, [52]
Tlaelquani (Filth-eater). A name of Tlazolteotl, which see
Tlalhuicole. Tlascalan warrior; the story of, [136]–138
Tlaloc. The Mexican rain-god,or god of waters, [29], [75];
and the foundation of Mexico, [29];
in association with Huitzilopochtli, [74];
as usually represented, [75]–76;
espoused to Chalchihuitlicue, [75];
Tlalocs his offspring, [75];
Kiche god Hurakan his prototype, [76];
manifestations of, [76];
festivals of, [77];
human sacrifice in connection with, [76]–77;
and Atamalqualiztli festival, [77]–78;
similarities to, in other mythologies, [78]
Tlalocan (The Country of Tlaloc). Abode of Tlaloc, [76]
Tlalocs. Gods of moisture; and Huemac II, [16];
offspring of Tlaloc, [75]
Tlalxicco (Navel of the Earth). Name of the abode of Mictlan, [95]
Tlamatzincatl. Same as Tezcatlipoca, which see
Tlapallan (The Country of Bright Colours). Legendary region, [11];
Nahua said to have originated at, [11];
the Toltecs and, [11];
Quetzalcoatl proceeds to, from Tollan, [64]–65, [79]
Tlapallan, Huehue (Very Old Tlapallan). In Toltec creation-myth, [119]
Tlapallantzinco. Place in Mexico; Toltecs at, [12]
Tlascala (or Tlaxcallan). Mexican city, [47], [48];
and the “bloodless battle” with Mexico, [48], [98], [99];
decline, [49]
Tlascalans. Mexican race, offshoot of the Acolhuans, [26];
helped Cortés against Aztecs, [26], [47]
Tlauizcalpantecutli (Lord of the Dawn). Name of the planet Venus; myth of Quetzalcoatl and, [80], [96];
Quetzalcoatl called, [84];
worship of, [96];
in the Mexican calendar, [96]
Tlaxcallan. Same as Tlascala, which see
Tlazolteotl (God of Ordure) (or Tlaelquani). Mexican goddess of confession, [106]–108
Tlenamacac (Ordinary Priests). Lesser order of the Mexican priesthood, [116]
Tloque Nahuaque (Lord of All Existence). Toltec deity, [119]
Tobacco. Use of, among the Nahua, [45]
Tochtepec. Place in Mexico; Toltecs at, [12]
Tocitzin (Our Grandmother). See Teteoinnan
Tohil (The Rumbler). Form of Quetzalcoatl, [84];
guides the Kiche-Maya to their first city, [152];
the god assigned to Balam-Quitze in the Kiche myth of the creation, [230];
gives fire to the Kiche, [230]–231;
turned into stone, [231]
Tollan. Toltec city, modern Tula; founded, [13], [26];
its magnificence, [14];
afflicted by the gods, [16]–17;
Huehuetzin’s rebellions, [18], [19];
overthrown, [19];
Charnay’s excavations at, [34];
Tezcatlipoca and the overthrow of, [60];
Quetzalcoatl leaves, [64], [79]
Tollantzinco. City of the Acolhuans, [48];
Toltecs at, [12]
Toltecs. First Nahua immigrants to Mexico, [11];
whether a real or a mythical race, [11], [20]–22;
at Tlapallan, [11], [12];
migration route, [12];
their migration a forced one, [12];
imaginative quality of their myths, [13];
elect a king, [14];
progress in arts and crafts, [14], [23];
under plagues, [17];
their empire destroyed, [19], [20];
and the civilisation of Central America, [20];
Dr. Brinton’s theory, [21];
Quetzalcoatl king of, [21];
possible influence upon Nahua civilisation, [22];
Acolhuans may have been, [26];
Tezcatlipoca opposes, and plots against, [60]–65;
and creation-myth recounted by Ixtlilxochitl, [119];
theory that the Maya were, [143]
Tonacaciuatl (Lady of our Flesh). A name of Omeciuatl, which see
Tonacatecutli (Lord of our Flesh). A name of Ometecutli, which see
Tonalamatl (Book of the Calendar), [107]
Torito. A bird-maiden; in the myth of origin of the Canaris, [319]
Torquemada, Father. His work on Mexican lore, [57];
on Mitla, [199]
Totec (Our Great Chief). A sun-god, [101]–102;
his feast, the chief solar festival, [101]–102
Totemism. Among the primitive Peruvians, [291]–292
Totonacs. Aboriginal Mexican race, [23];
and the sun, [82]
Toueyo. Tezcatlipoca’s disguise, [61]–63
Toveyo. Toltec sorcerer; and the magic drum, [16]
Toxcatl. Festival; of Tezcatlipoca, [69]–70;
of Huitzilopochtli, [74]
Toxilmolpilia. Mexican calendar ceremony; and the native dread of the last day, [41]
Troano Codex. Maya manuscript, [160];
Dr. Le Plongeon and the reference to Queen Móo in, [246]
Tucuman (World’s End). Name given by the Quichua-Aymara to their land of origin, [254]
Tulan (or Tulan-Zuiva). City; the starting-point of the Kiche migrations, [157]–158, [231];
the Kiche arrive at, and receive their gods, [230];
parallel with the Mexican Chicomoztoc, [230];
the Kiche confounded in their speech at, [231]
Tumipampa. Sometime centre of the northern district of Peru, [286], [289], [290]
Tupac-atau-huallpa (The Sun makes Good Fortune). Son of Huaina Ccapac, [289]
Tupac-Yupanqui (Bright). Tenth Inca, son of Pachacutic, [252]–253, [287]–288;
achievements as ruler, [287];
and the Huarcans, [288];
and the Rock of Titicaca, [309]–310
Tutul Xius. Ruling caste among the Itzaes; found Ziyan Caan and Chichen-Itza, [153];
expelled from Chichen-Itza by Cocomes, [153];
settle in Potonchan, build Uxmal, and regain power, [154];
again overthrown, and found Mani, [155];
finally assist in conquering the Cocomes, [156]
Tzitzimimes. Demons attendant on Mictlan, [96]
Tzompantitlan. Place mentioned in the myth of Huitzilopochtli’s origin, [71]
Tzompantli (Pyramid of Skulls). Minor temple of Huitzilopochtli, [31]
Tzununiha (House of the Water). One of the first women of the Popol Vuh myth, [230]