The Myths of Mexico & Peru

by Lewis Spence

Mexicatl Teohuatzin (Mexican Lord of Divine Matters). Head of the Aztec priesthood, [116]

Mexico.
I. The city; capital of the Aztecs, native name Tenochtitlan, [26], [47];
origin of the name, [73];
said to have been founded by Acolhuans, [26];
Huitzilopochtli and, [28], [73];
legends of the foundation of, [28]–29;
at the period of the conquest, [29]–30;
the annual “bloodless battle” with Tlascala, [48].
II. The state; the civilisation of, [1], [9];
possibly reached by early Norsemen, [5]

Mexico-Tenochtitlan. Native name of city of Mexico, [29]

Mexitli (Hare of the Aloes). A name of Huitzilopochtli, [74]

Mictecaciuatl. Wife of Mictlan, [96]

Mictlan (or Mictlantecutli) (Lord of Hades).
I. Mexican god of the dead and the underworld, [37], [76], [95]–96;
God A probably identical with, [173].
II. The abode of the god Mictlan; Mitla identified with, [198].
III. Village mentioned by Torquemada, [199]

Migration Myths. Probably reflect actual migrations, [234]–235

Mitla. Maya city, [31], [144];
ruins at, [197]–198;
identified with Mictlan, the Mexican Hades, [198];
description of, by Father Torquemada, [199];
description of, by Father Burgoa, [199]–206

Mixcoatl (Cloud Serpent). Aztec god of the chase, [110]–111;
Camaxtli identified with, [111]

Mixe. Aboriginal Mexican race, [24]