Matlalcuêyê, a goddess, [191], [265];
aspect and insignia, [265]–6;
nature and status, [266]
Mayauel, a goddess, [175], [294] ff.;
aspect and insignia, [295]–6;
myths of, [296]–7;
nature and status of, [297]
Medicine, Patecatl, the god of, [292] ff.
Metztli, the Moon-god, [308] ff.;
aspect and insignia, [308]–9;
myths of, [309];
nature and status of,309–10
Mexican races, history of, [2]–4;
subject to the Aztecâ, [3]–4
Mexican religion, type of, [1]–2;
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antiquity of, [4]–5;
literature of, [5]–8;
origins of, [8]–10;
opposing forces in, [9], [10];
at the period of the Conquest, [9]–10;
evidences of primitive influences in, [10] ff.;
animism in, [16];
cultural elements in, [122]
Mictecaciuatl, [331] ff.;
aspect and insignia, [331]–2;
nature and status, [332]
Mictlampa, Region of the Dead, [60], [63]–4
Mictlantecutli, god of the dead, [63], [64], [327] ff.;
aspect and insignia, [327]–30; myths of, [330]–1;
nature and status of, [331]
Minor deities, [344] ff.