The Myths of Mexico & Peru

by Lewis Spence

Axayacatl. Mexican king, [92]

Aymara. Peruvian race, [254]–255;
fusion with Quichua, [285]–286

Azangaro. The Sondor-huasi at, [269]

Azcapozalco. Mexican town, [26];
rivalry with Tezcuco, [49];
Aztecs and, [52]

Aztecs (or Aztecâ) (Crane People). A nomad Mexican tribe, [27], [50]–51;
racial affinities, [27];
character, [27]–28;
Tlascalans and, [26];
founders of Tenochtitlan (Mexico), [27];
their science, [43];
in bondage to Colhuacan, [51];
allied with Tecpanecs, [51];
war with Tecpanecs, [52];
development of the empire, [52];
commercial expansion, [52];
their tyranny, [52]–53;
their conception of eternity, [55];
the priesthood, [114]–117;
idea of the origin of mankind, [123];
a migration myth of, [233]

Aztlan (Crane Land). Traditional place of origin of Nahua, [11];
Aztecs and, [50], [233]

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Bacabs. Genii in Maya mythology, [170]

Balam-Agab (Tiger of the Night). One of the first men of the Popol Vuh myth, [229], [230]