The Myths of Mexico & Peru

by Lewis Spence

Mixteca. Aboriginal Mexican race, [23];
creation-myth of, [120]–121;
a medium through which Maya civilisation passed north, [147]

Moche. Place in Peru; sepulchral mound at, [271]

Mohanes (or Agoreros). Members of Peruvian tribes who claimed power as oracles, [297]–298, [314]

Moneneque (The Claimer of Prayer). A name of Tezcatlipoca, [67]

Montezuma II. Mexican emperor, native name Motequauhzoma; mentioned, [35], [44];
and the coming of Cortés, [7];
in the story of Tlalhuicole, [136]–137;
in the story of Princess Papan, [139]–142

Móo, Queen. The story of, [239]–247

Moon, The. Mythic mother of the Inca dynasty, [262];
temple of, at Cuzco, [261]–262;
wife of the sun, in the mythology of the Chibchas, [276]

Muluc. A minor Maya deity, [170]

Mummification. Among the Peruvians, [262]–264