Quenti-puncu. Door to be passed before reaching Rock of Titicaca, [311]
Quetzalcoatl (“Feathered Serpent” or “Feathered Staff”). The Kukulcan of the Maya, god of the sun, the wind, and thunder, common to Mexican and Maya mythologies; Mexican legend of, [6]–7;
probably cognate with Yetl, [12];
king of the Toltecs in Nahua myth, [21];
Tezcatlipoca and, [60], [79];
Huitzilopochtli, Tezcatlipoca, and Tlacahuepan plot against, [60];
quits Tollan and proceeds to Tlapallan, [64]–65, [79];
probably a god of pre-Nahua people, [78];
“Father of the Toltecs,” [79];
enlightened sway as ruler of Tollan, [79];
consequences of his exile, [79];
legend of, in connection with the morning star, [80], [96];
whether rightly considered god of the sun, [80];
conception of, as god of the air, [80];
as wind-god and god of fire and light, [80]–81;
whether originating from a “culture-hero,” [81];
the “St. Thomas” idea, [81];
as Man of the Sun, [81]–82;
as usually represented, [82];
regarded as a liberator, [82];
various conceptions of, [82]–84, [167];
probable northern origin, [83];
Hueymatzin and, [84];
the worship of, [84]–85;
the priesthood of, [116];
place in the Mexican calendar, [122];
vogue among Maya, [144], [167];
regarded as foreign to the soil in Mexico, [167];
differences in the Maya and Nahua conceptions of, [167];
called Kukulcan by the Maya, [167];
called Gucumatz in Guatemala, [167], [236];
God B probably is, [173]
Quetzalpetlatl. Female counterpart of Quetzalcoatl, [79]
Quiche. Same as Kiche, which see
Quichua. Peruvian race, [254]–255;
fusion of, with Aymara, [285]–286
Quichua-Aymara. The Inca race. See Incas
Quichua Chinchay-suyu. One of the four racial divisions of ancient Peru, [255]
Quinames. Earth-giants; in Toltec creation-myth, [120]
Quineveyan. Grotto, mentioned in Aztec migration-myth, [233]
Quinuamama. Guardian spirit of the quinua plant, in Peru, [295]