The Myths of the New World / A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America

by Daniel G. Brinton

• Quetzalcoatl, the supreme Aztec god, [106], [118], [157], [180-3], [188], [294-6]
• Quiateot, a rain god, [131]
• Quichés, [30]
• Sacred Book, [41]
• names for God, [51], [58 n.]
• evil deities, [64]
• myth of first four brothers, [81]
• of paradise, [89]
• of creation, [196]
• of flood, [207]
• of hell, [251], [258]
• Quichuas, [31]
• religion, [55]
• ancestors, [82], [153]
• names of cardinal points, [93 n.]
• myths, [155]
• (See [Peru], [Incas].)
• Quipus, [14]

• Rattlesnake, as a symbol, [108 sq.]
• Raven, as a symbol, [195], [204], [213], [229]
• Red, symbolic meaning, [80], [88], [140]

• Sacrifice, its meaning, [291]
• Sacs, [84], [277]
• Sanscrit flood-myth, [212]
• Schwarz, Dr., his views of mythology, [112]
• Seminoles, [129]
• Serpent, as a symbol, [107 sq.], [136], [158]
• Seven, a sacred number, [66], [128 n.], [202], [204], [273 n.], [281], [283]
• Shawnees, [26], [84 n.], [110], [113], [114], [144], [281]
• Shoshonees, [28], [138]
• Sillam Innua, [50], [76]
• Sioux, [28], [151], [236]
• Soul, notions concerning, [235 sq.], [277]
• Sua, the Muysca God, [184]
• Sun-worship, [141 sq.], [149], [243-9]
• Suns, Aztec, [215 sq.]

• Takahlis, [127], [197], [201], [253], [256]
• Tamu, [184], [294]
• Taras, [158]
• Taronhiawagon, [171]
• Tawiscara, [170]
• Teczistecatl, [132]
• Teatihuacan, [46], [69]
• Three, a sacred number, [66], [98], [156]
• Thunder-storm, in myths, [150 sq.]
• Tici, the vase, [130]
• Timberlake, Lt., his Memoirs, [115]
• Titicaca, Lake, [124], [178]
• Tlacatecolotl, supposed Aztec Satan, [106]
• Tlaloc, god of rain, [75], [88], [156-7]
• Tlalocan, [88], [246]
• Tlapallan, [88], [91], [181]
• Tloque nahuaque, [58 n.]
• Tohil, [157]
• Toltecs, [29], [180]
• Tonacatepec, [88]
• Toukaways, [231]
• Trinity, in American religions, [156]
• Tulan, [88], [89], [181]
• Tupa, [32], [84], [152], [185]
• Tupis, [32]
• myths, [83 n.], [152], [185], [210], [258], [274]
• Twins, sacred to lightning, [153-4]

• Unktahe, a Dakota god, [133]

• Vase, symbol of, [130], [155]
• Viracocha, supreme god in Peru, [124], [155], [177-80]

• Waitz, Dr., his Anthropology, [40], [288]
• Wampum, [15]
• Water, myths of, [122] seq., [194]
• West, myths of, [92], [93], [166]
• White, as a symbol, [165], [174-6]
• Whiteman’s land, [21 n.]
• Winds, myths of, [49-52], [74 sq.], [96], [103], [166], [182]
• Winnebagoes, [220]
• Witchitas, [224]
• Writing, modes of, [9-13]

• Xelhua, [228]
• Xibalba, [64], [251]
• Xochiquetzal, [137]
• Xolotl, [258]

• Yakama language, [50]
• Yamo and Yama, twin deities, [154 n.]
• Yoalli-ehecatl, [50]
• Yohualticitl, [132]
• Yupanqui, Inca, [55]
• Yurucares, [201], [224], [259]

• Zac, empire of, [31], [124]
• Zamna, culture hero of Mayas, [93], [183], [188]
• Zapotecs, [183]