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Rig Veda Americanus

Index.

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Abundance, the fabled house of, [A].

Amanteca, [A].

Amantlan; a quarter of the city of Tenochtitlan, [A].

Amimitl, the god: hymn to, [A]. his functions, [A].

Ancient god, the, a name of the god of fire, [A].

“Ancient Nahuatl Poetry,” quoted, [A], [B].

Arrows: the house of, [A]. god of, [A].

Artists, the goddess of, [A].

Atlaua, the god: hymn to, [A]. signification of, [A].

Auroras, the four, [A].

Ayopechtli or Ayopechcatl, a goddess: hymn to, [A]. functions of, [A].

Aztec: Mythology, Paradise of, [A], [B]. nation, wars of, [A].

Ball, the game of, [A], [B].

Bibliotheca Laurentio-Mediceana, [A].

Bread and water, fasting on, [A].

Bustamente, his edition of Sahagun’s Historia, [A].

Cardinal points as symbols, [A].

Chalchiucihuatl, a name of the goddess Chicomecoatl, [A].

Chalmecatl, name of a deity, [A].

Chichimecs, an ancient tribe, [A], [B].

Chicomecoatl, the goddess: hymn to, [A]. functions of, [A], [B]. her names, [A].

Chicomolotl, a name of the goddess Chicomecoatl, [A].

Chicomoztoc, the “seven caves,” [A].

Childbirth, goddess of, [A], [B], [C].

Chimalman, the goddess of, [A].

Chimalipan, the virgin-mother, [A].

Cholula or Chollolan, a place name, [A], [B].

Cihuacoatl, the goddess: hymn to, [A]. functions of, [A].

Cinteotl or Centeotl, the god, [A]. his birthplace, [A]. his functions, [A].

Cipactonalli, a fabled personage, [A].

Clavigero, quoted, [A].

Coatepec, the sacred serpent mountain, [A].

Codex Ramirèz, the, [A].

Codex Telleriano-Remensis, the, [A], [B].

Codex Vaticanus, the, [A].

Colhuacan: first King of, [A]. derivation of, [A]. reference to, [A], [B], [C].

Colors, symbolism of, [A], [B].

Cuauhtitlan, the Annals of, [A], [B].

Cuezaltzin, a name of the god of fire, [A].

Dance: the jar, [A]. of the “four auroras,” [A].

Death-song, a, [A].

Drum, use of the, [A].

Drum-beating, goddess of, [A].

Drunkenness, deities of, [A], [B].

Duran, Diego, quoted, [A], [B], [C], [D], [E], [F], [G].

Eagle’s crest, as ornament, [A].

Earth: goddess of the, [A]. heart of the, [A].

Eight, as a sacred number, [A].

Emerald, the Lady of the, [A].

Feathers: as ornaments, [A]. symbol of the spirit, [A].

Fertility, genius of, [A], [B].

Fire, the Mexican god of, [A].

Fire-stick, the, [A].

Fish-spear, god of the, [A].

“Five flowers,” the, a plant, [A], [B].

Flames, the Hall of, [A].

Flowers: the god of, [A], [B]. plumage of, [A]. as symbols, [A], [B].

Food, the goddess of, [A].

Four, as sacred number, [A], [B], [C], [D].

Gods: mother of the, [A]. home of the, [A], [B].

Green corn, goddess of, [A].

Guadalupe, Our Lady of, [A].

Hair, as a symbol of flames, [A].

Heads, serpent of seven, [A].

Hearts of victims torn out, [A].

Hieroglyphic books, native, [A].

Huasteca, a tribe, [A].

Huehueteotl, a name of the god of fire, [A].

Huitzilopochtli: hymn to, [A]. his functions, [A]. description of his idol, [A]. festival of, [A]. temple of, [A]. mother of, [A].

Huitznahuac: war song of, [A]. brother of Huitzilopochtli, [A].

Hurler, the; epithet applied to Huitzilopochtli, [A].

Ichpochtli, the virgin goddess, [A].

Illustrations, colored, [A].

Inquisition, action on Sahagun’s Historia, [A].

Intoxicating drink, the gods of, [A], [B].

Itzpapalotl, a goddess, [A].

Ixcoçauhqui, the god of fire, hymn to, [A].

Jade, ornaments of, mentioned, [A].

Jourdanet, Dr., his translation of Sahagun’s Historia, [A].

Kingsborough, Lord: his edition of Sahagun’s Historia, [A], [B]. his Mexican Antiquities, [A].

Lightning, as a serpent, [A], [B].

Lying-in, goddesses of. See Childbirth.

Macuilxochitl: name of a deity, [A]. hymn to, [A].

Maguey, brought from Paradise, [A].

Maize: the god of, [A]. goddess of, [A].

Maya tribes in Mexico, [A].

Mazateca, a certain tribe or caste, [A].

Merchants, the god of, [A].

Mexicans, the, [A].

Mexicans, poetry of, [A], [B].

Mexico, ancient, [A].

Mimixcoa. See Mixcoatl.

Mirror, the use of, [A].

Mist, the house of, [A].

Mixcoatl, the god: hymn of, [A]. his functions, [A], [B]. hill of, [A].

Mixcoatepec, mountain so called, [A].

Mixteca}:a nation, [A], [B]. Mixtecatl

Mixtecapan, a locality, [A].

Mother of the gods, [A], [B]. “our mother,” [A]. the virgin, [A].

Nahua, the, as tribal name, [A].

Nahuatl language, the, [A]. MSS., [A].

Naualpilli, “noble magician,” a name of Tlaloc, [A].

Night, the god of, [A], [B].

Nonoalco, a place name, [A].

“Obsidian butterfly,” a kind of ornament, [A].

Olmos, quoted, [A].

Opochtli, the god of netmakers, [A].

Otomis, the tribe so-called, [A]. war song of, [A].

Otontecutli, the god: hymn to, [A]. his functions, [A].

Paradise, the terrestrial, [A], [B], [C], [D], [E].

Paynal, the god, [A].

Parturition, goddess of. See Childbirth.

Picha-Huasteca, a tribe, [A], [B].

Pipitlan, a place name, [A].

Pipiteca, a nomen gentile, [A].

Poetry, ancient Mexican, [A], [B], [C].

Pulque, the god of, [A].

Quechol bird, the, [A].

Quetzal bird, the, [A], [B].

Quetzalcoatl: priests adopt his garb, [A]. as speaker, [A], [B]. his companion, [A].

Quilaztli: name of a goddess, [A], [B]. related to Atlaua, [A].

Rain, the god of, [A].

Rain gods, the, the house of, [A].

Reproduction, the goddess of, [A].

Sacrifices, human, [A], [B], [C], [D], [E].

Sahagun, Bernardino de: MS. of his Historia, [A]. his remarks on the chants, [A]. action of Inquisition on, [A]. quoted, [A], [B], [C], [D], [E], [F], [G], [H], [I] et sæpe.

Serpent: the lightning, [A], [B]. mountain, [A]. the serpent woman, [A]. serpent’s blood, [A]. swallowing of, [A]. of seven heads, [A].

Seven, as a sacred number, [A].

Simeon, Remi, his notes to Sahagun’s Historia, [A].

Slaves, sacrifice of, [A], [B], [C].

Soul, place in Aztec mythology, [A].

South, the, as origin of deities, [A], [B].

Sun-god, the, [A].

Tamoanchan: its signification, [A]. the houses of, [A].

Teatlahuiani, a name of the god of the pulque, [A].

Temple of Tenochtitlan, [A], [B].

Tenochtitlan, ancient name of the city of Mexico, temple of, [A], [B].

Tepeyacac, temple at, [A].

Tequechmecaniani, a name of the god of drunkenness, [A].

Teteuinan, hymn of, [A].

Tezcatlipoca, the god, [A].

Tezcatzoncatl, god of the pulque, [A]. hymn to, [A], [B].

Tezcatzontli, [A].

Thorns, diviners with, [A].

Tlaloc, the god: song of, [A], [B]. house of, [A], [B], [C]. functions of, [A]. figure of, [A].

Tlalocan, the terrestrial Paradise, [A], [B], [C]. guide to, [A]. explained, [A].

Tlazolteotl, the love goddess, [A].

Toçi, our mother, a goddess, [A].

Toltecs, the fabulous nation of, [A].

Torquemada, quoted, [A], [B], [C].

Totec, the god: hymn to, [A]. a companion of Quetzalcoatl, [A].

Totochtin, gods of intoxication, [A].

Tochtli, the rabbit, as a god of drunkards, [A].

Tonan or Tonantzin, the goddess, [A], [B].

Travelers, the deity of, [A].

Tulan, the site of, [A].

Turquoises as ornaments, [A].

Twins, the goddess of, [A].

Tzatzitepec, the hill of proclamation, [A].

Tziuactitlan, a place name, [A].

Tzocatzontlan, a place name, [A].

Uitznahuac. See Huitznabruac.

Venus impudica, the Mexican, [A].

Vitzilopochtli. See Huitzilopochtli.

War: the god of, [A]. goddess of, [A].

Water cypress, the, [A].

Waters, master of the, [A].

Woman, sacrifice of, [A].

Xilonen, goddess of green corn, [A].

Xippe Totec, the god, hymn to, [A].

Xiuhtecutli, a name of the god of fire, [A].

Xochipilli, the god of flowers: hymn to, [A]. functions of, [A]. synonym, [A].

Xochitlycacan, name of the earthly Paradise, its meaning, [A].

Xochiquetzal, the goddess: hymn to, [A]. functions of, [A]. reference to, [A], [B].

Yacatecutli, god of travelers, hymn to, [A].

Yoatzin, the god of night, [A], [B].

Youallauan, the nocturnal tippler, high priest of Totec, [A].

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