Balam-Quitze (Tiger with the Sweet Smile).
An ancestor of the Maya, [188];
one of the first men of the Popol Vuh myth, [229], [230]

Balon Zacab. Form of the Maya rain-god, [176]

Bat. Typical of the underworld, [96]

Bat-god. Maya deity, known also as Camazotz, [171]–172

Birth-cycle. In Mexican calendar, [39], [41]

Bochica. Sun-god of the Chibchas, [276]

Bogota. City at which the Zippa of the Chibchas lived, [276]

Boturini Benaduci, L. His work on Mexican lore, [58]

Bourbourg, The Abbé Brasseur de. Version of Nahua flood-myth, [122]–123

Brandan, St. Probable voyage to America, [4]