The Myths of Mexico & Peru

by Lewis Spence

Charnay, D. Excavations on the site of Teotihuacan, [33];
excavations at Tollan, [34];
and Lorillard, [195]

Chasca. The Peruvian name for the planet Venus; the temple of, at Cuzco, [262]

Chiapas. Mexican province; the nucleus of Maya civilisation lay in, [144], [149]

Chibchas. A Peruvian race, [275]–277

Chichan-Chob. Ruin at Chichen-Itza, [189]

Chichen-Itza. Sacred city of the Maya; founded by Itzaes, [153];
overthrown by Cocomes, [153], [155];
assists in conquering Cocomes, [156];
abandoned, [156];
ruins at, [188]–190;
and the story of Canek, [189]

Chichicastenango. The Convent of; and the Popol Vuh, [207]

Chichics. Agricultural fetishes of the Peruvians, [294]

Chichimecs. Aztec tribe; invade Toltec territory, [18];
the great migration, [20];
supreme in Toltec country, [20];
probably related to Otomi, [25];
allied with Nahua and adopt Nahua language, [26];
conquered by Tecpanecs, [51]

Chicomecohuatl (Seven-serpent). Chief maize-goddess of Mexico, [85]–88;
image of, erroneously called Teoyaominqui by early Americanists, [88]–90