The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations / A Comparative Research Based on a Study of the Ancient Mexican Religious, Sociological, and Calendrical Systems

by Zelia Nuttall

sacred tree of the Mayas, [191];

among Peruvians, Mexicans and Mayas, image of social organization, [192];

in symbolic carving from Brazil or Guiana, [224];

symbol of tribe in America, [235], [236], [237], [242], [213], [507], note;

symbol of the year in Mexico, [241];

ché, Maya word for tree, zin-ché=cross, literally tree of life or of power, [278];

quahuitl, Nahuatl word for tree, symbol of Centre;

homonymous with quaitl, meaning head, [279];

recapitulation of meaning of symbol, [281];

compared with Chinese symbol of “wood,” [294];