Mama-cocha (Mother-sea). Conception under which the Peruvians worshipped the sea, [306]
Mamacota. Name given to Lake Titicaca by people of the Collao, [298]
Mamacuna. Matrons who had charge of the Acllacuna, in Peru, [313]
Mamapacha (or Pachamama). The Peruvian earth-goddess, [303]
Mamas (Mothers). Tutelary spirits of the maize and other plants in Peru, [295]
Mames. District in Guatemala, [158]
Man of the Sun. Quetzalcoatl as, [81];
other conceptions of, [83]
Manco. The Inca appointed by Pizarro; and an oracle, [302]–303
Manco Ccapac.
I. Divine being, son of the Life-giver; sent to instruct the primitive Peruvians, [255]–256;
a legend in connection with, [256].
II. The first Inca, identical with the foregoing, [282], [283];
regarded as son of the sun, [306];
a myth of, [320]–321
Mani. Mexican city, founded by the Tutul Xius, [155]