III. GENERAL INDEX.
Reading edition
Acan, 42
Acat, 43
Ah chuy kak, 44 cun can, 44 dziz, 42 kak nech, 42 kin xoc, 42 ppua, 42 puch, 44, 64
Ahulane, 44
Ah zakik ual, 42
Alphabets, of Landa, 14; of other writers, 15–17
Anum, the first man, 46
Armadillo, the, 72
Aspersorium, the, 105, 123
Atlatl, the, 105
Bacabs, the, 40
Baptism, native, 76
Baton of office, 52, 128, 130
Bean symbol, 89, 121, 122 sign, 89
Beards, on images, 39, 57
Bee god, the, 59–61, 98
Bells, as ornaments, 64, 83
Ben, or Been, myths of, 113
Ben-ik sign, 91, 123
Birds, figures of, 72
Bissextile years, 26
Black gods, 66, 124
Calendar signs, 22 systems, 26–29
Canopies, 96
Canzicnal, 41
Cardinal points, the, 40, 41, 108
Centeotl, 62
Ceremonial circuit, the, 41
Chac mool, 95
Chacs, the, 40
Chamay bac, 44
Chiapas, 37, 138
Chichen Itza, 38
Chilan Balam, Books of, 14, 19
Cit bolon tun, 42
Cloud balls, 98
Codices, the, 11; as time-counts, 18
Colors, symbolism of, 40, 41 signs for, 109
Comb sign, 86
Comets, 35
Conjurers, 68
Constellation band, the, 106
Copan, inscriptions, 21, 107, 136
Cork-screw curl, 98
Cosmic sign, the, 24, 50
Cosmogony of Mayas, 46
Cross hatching, 24, 96
Cross, Tablet of, 62, 137
Crotalean curve, 102
Cuculcan, 38, 49, 55–57, 61
Cum ahau, 41
Days, hieroglyphs of, 109
Death, god of, 44, 64, 121 signs for, 84, 97
Deers, 72, 119
Directive signs, 88, 108
150Dogs, figures of, 71, 129 signs for, 89, 95, 112, 125 as food animals, 90
Dots, their meanings, 97
Drum signs, 91. See pax
Dwarfs, 43
Ear rings, 85
Earth-goddess, the, 61, 64, 91, 95, 100
Eclipses, 36
Ek ahau, 66, 67 chua, 42, 66, 67
Epochs of the Universe, 46
Evening Star, the, 61, 64
Evil, gods of, 43
Eye, signs for, 83–85
Falcon, the crested, 74
Fans, 104, 105
Feather balls, 95 signs, 84, 94
Female divinities, 40–44
Fish, 90
“Fish and oyster” sign, 89
Flatheads, 62
Flint-knife, the, 88, 109
Folk-lore of Yucatan, 43
Food offerings, the, 90 sign for, 86
Frog, the, 75
Gemini, 35
Ghanan, 62, 123
Gukumatz, 38, 61
Hand, the, as deity, 38 the closing, 102 signs for, 82
Hex chun chan, 44
Hobnil, 40
Holy water, 104
House, signs for, 88
Hozan ek, 41
Huastecan, 10
Hunab ku, 37
Hun ahau, 44 pic tok, 44
Ical ahau, 67, 124
Iguana, the, 90, 122
Ikonomatic writing, 13, 82, 97
“Initial series” of glyphs, 24, 92, 93, 136
Itzamna, 37, 51–55, 101, 122, 124
Ix chebel yax, 42 chel, 40, 64 hun yé, 43 hun yeta, 43 kan leom, 40 nuc, 43 tabai, 42 tub tun, 42
Jade, jewels of, 88
Jaguar, the, 72, 126
Jupiter, planet, 106
Kabah, inscription of, 52, 135
Kabil, 38, 51
Kak u pacat, 44
“Keys” to the hieroglyphs, 16, 17
Kin ich, 39, 57, 123, 124 ahau Itzamna, 40
Kin sign, the, 88
Knife signs, 88, 109
Knives, sacrificial, 89
Knots, 100
Labna, 136
Lakin chan, 38, 51
Life, symbol of, 49, 115 tree of, 49, 53, 59, 62, 101, 128
Lightning, symbols, 71, 74, 89, 104
Lorillard City, 29
Lunar years, 26
Macaw, the, 73
Machete, the, 102
Maize god, the, 62, 123
151Mam, the god, 128
Man, the first, 46 signs for, 86, 97
Mars, planet, 106
Masks, use of, 54, 55
Mayan, meaning of, 10
Medicine drum, 93 rattle, 104 bag, 128
Menche, 29
Mercury, planet, 106
Metals, use of, 104
Mexican writing, 10, 79
Mimosa, the, 105
Mirrors, 104, 105
Mitna, 44
Mixcoatl, 39
Milky Way, the, 35
Moan bird, the 74, 125
Money, the native, 110
Monkey, the, 72
Monograms of gods, 121
Months, signs for, 88
Moon, words for, 36 signs for, 87
Mother Earth, sign for, 91, 95, 100
Mugeres, Isla de, 42
Nagualism, 98
Necklace, sign for, 86
North Star, the, 34, 57–59
Numbers, sacred and symbolic, 24, 25
Ococingo, 139
Orion, 35
Owl, the, 73
Pakoc, 44
Palæography, Mayan, 127
Palenque inscriptions, 13, 16, 21, 54, 62, 95, 136, 137
Pelican, the, 74
Phallic emblems, 24, 90, 95
Picture writing, 98
Pleiades, the, 35, 63
Pole star, the, 57–59
Pottery decoration, 58, 122
Ppiz lim tec, 42
Priesthood, the, 68
Pucugh, 44
Quetzal bird, 73
Quetzalcoatl, 39
Quiches, 44, 140
Quirigua, 21
Rainbow goddess, 40
Rain signs, 91–94 symbols, 72, 74, 75
Rattlesnake, the, 75
Rays, signs for, 98
Rebus writing, 13
Rhetorical use of numbers, 24
Rubrication of codices, 79
Sacred numbers, 25
Sastanquiqui, ruins of, 106
Saturn, planet, 106
Scorpion symbol, 67, 75, 117
Serpent eye, the, 84 goddess, the, 63, 124 gods, 38, 124, 128 the feathered, 38, 56, 57 wand, 103
Shells, symbolism of, 19, 90
Shield, the heavenly, 107 star, the, 58
Shields, designs on, 95
Shooting stars, 35
Smoke, sign for, 97
Solstice, symbol of, 74
Souls, fate of, 44
“Spectacles” sign, 85
Speech, sign for, 97, 98
Spider-web goddess, 40
Sun god, the, 39, 57, 123 signs, 87
152Tableau des Bacabs, 48, 64
Tancucula, 44
Tapir, the, 54, 138
Tel cuzaan, 42
Terrestrial Paradise, 46
Textile signs, 96
Thirteen, as symbolic, 25
Thunder, personified, 63
Tikal, 29
Time, symbols of, 76, 127, 128
Tlaloc, 51, 55
Tomahawk, the, 104
Tonalamatl, the, 27, 29, 31
Tongue, piercing, 76
Toniná, 139
Tree of life, 48, 53, 59, 62, 101, 128
“Trinal” emblem, 95, 136
Turkey, the, 74, 90
Turtle, the, 74, 119, 126
Tzental dialect, 19, 35, 113
Tzentals, 37, 38, 113
Uac lom chaam, 43
Underworld, the, 44
Union, signs for, 100
Venus, the planet, 33, 34, 106 sign for, 88, 106
Vigesimal system, 18
Vultures, 73, 125
War, gods of, 44, 65, 123
Water deities, 40, 41
Wind cross, the, 115, 116
World-sign, the, 129
Writing, direction of, 79
Xabalba, 44
Xaman ek, the North Star, 57
Xibilba, 44
Xipe, 66
Xiuhmolpilli, the, 31
Xnuc, see Ix nuc
Xmucane, 49, 50, 61, 63, 112, 125
Xoc bitum, 42
Xpiyacoc, 61
Xux Ek, Venus, 60
Yax coc ah-mut, 38
Yellow, sign for, 88
Yucatan, 9, 37, 42, etc.
Yum chac, 41 cimil, 44 kaax, 41
Zac chamay Bac, 44
Zac zini, 41
Zotzils, 12, 138
Zuhuy dzip, 42
Zuhuy kak, 42