U

UUayayab.Demon who presided over thenemontemi(unlucky days),177;God N identified with,177Uemac.Tezcatlipoca and the daughter of,61–63Uitzlampa.Place in Mexico; in myth of Huitzilopochtli’s origin,72Urco-Inca.Inca superseded by Pachacutic,284Uricaechea, M.His collection of Chibcha antiquities,277Uxmal.Mexican city, founded by Tutul Xius,154;abandoned,155;ruins at,191–194;primitive type of its architecture,194VVatican MSS.,37;description of the journey of the soul in,37–38Vega, Garcilasso el Inca de la.Hist. des Incas, cited,7;on the gods of the early Peruvians,291Venus.The planet; worship of,96–97;the only star worshipped by Mexicans,96;Camaxtli identified with,111;temple of, at Cuzco,262Vera Cruz.Quetzalcoatl lands at,6Verapaz.District in Guatemala,158Vetancurt, A. de.On Mexican mythology,58Villa-coto.Mountain; in a Peruvian flood-myth,323–324Villagutierre, J. de Soto-Mayor.And the prophecy of Chilan Balam,8Viollet-le-Duc, E.On the ruined palace at Mitla,197Viracocha.I. Eighth Inca,284,318.II. Peruvian deity;temple of, at Cacha,270;regarded as son of the sun,306;worshipped by Quichua-Aymara as a culture hero, and called Pachayachachic,307.III. A higher class of sacred objects of the Peruvians,294.IV. Name given to any more than usually sacred being,301Vitzillopochtli.Same as Huitzilopochtli; in an Aztec migration-myth,233Voc.A bird, the messenger of Hurakan; inPopol Vuhmyth,225Votan.Maya god, identical with Tepeyollotl; God L probably is,176Vukub-Cakix(Seven-times-the-colour-of-fire). A sun-and-moon god (Dr. Seler); in a Kiche myth recounted in thePopol Vuh,210–213;possibly an earth-god,237Vukub-Came.One of the rulers of Xibalba, the Kiche Hades,220,221,224Vukub-Hunapu.Son of Xpiyacoc and Xmucane; in the myth in the second book of thePopol Vuh,220–221,224,225,227W“Wallum Olum.” Records of the Leni-Lenape Indians; a migration-myth in, resembles Kiche and Aztec myths,233–234Wind-Nine-Cave.Mixtec deity; in creation-myth,120–121,122Wind-Nine-Snake.Mixtec deity; in creation-myth,120–121,122Women of the Sun.Women dedicated to the service of the sun in Peru,308Writing.Of the Nahua,34–35;of the Maya,159–166;Dr. Le Plongeon and the Maya hieroglyphs,239XXalaquia.I. Festival of Chicomecohuatl,86–87.II. The victim sacrificed at the Xalaquia festival,87,90Xalisco.District in Mexico Toltecs in,12Xaltocan.Mexican city,50Xan.An animal mentioned inPopol Vuhmyth,225Xaquixahuana.Place in Peru,284Xauxa.Place in Peru,285Xbakiyalo.Wife of Hunhun-Apu,220Xbalanque(Little Tiger). A hero-god, twin with Hun-Apu; in a Kiche myth,211–219;in the myth in the second book of thePopol Vuh,220,223–227;mentioned,237Xecotcovach.Bird in the Kiche story of the creation,209Xibalba.I. A semi-legendary empire of the Maya,144.II. The Kiche Hades, “Place of Phantoms”; in the myth in the second book of thePopol Vuh,220–222,225–227;possible origin of the conception,229;properly a “place of the dead,”229;origin of the name,229Xibalbans.In the myth in the second book of thePopol Vuh,221,225–227;the originals of,228–229;nature of,229Xilonen.Form of Chicomecohuatl,85Ximenes, Francisco.Copied and translated thePopol Vuh,207Xipe(The Flayed). Mexican god,91–92;his dress assumed by Aztec monarchs andleaders,91–92;Xolotl has affinities with,95;God A thought to resemble,174Xiuhtecutli(Lord of the Year). A name of the Mexican fire-god,95Xiumalpilli.In Mexican calendar,40Xiyan Caan.City in Yucatan,153Xmucane(Female Vigour). The mother-god in the Kiche story of the creation in thePopol Vuh,209;in the Vukub-Cakix myth,212–213;in the myth in the second book of thePopol Vuh,220–225;equivalent to the Mexican Omeciuatl,236Xochicalco(The Hill of Flowers). Ateocallinear Tezcuco,33–34Xochimilcos.Aztec tribe,233Xochipilli.A name of Macuilxochitl,which seeXochitla.A flower-garden near Tollan; the legend of Tezcatlipoca and,63Xochitonal.Monster in the Mexican Other-world,38Xochiyayotl(The War of Flowers). Campaign for the capture of victims for sacrifice,98–99,100Xolotl.I. King of the Chichimecs,20;Teotihuacan rebuilt by,33.II. A sun-god,93–94;of southern origin and foreign to Mexico,93;probably identical with Nanahuatl,93;representative of human sacrifice,93;has affinities with Xipe,93;representations of,94Xpiyacoc.The father god in thePopol Vuhstory of the creation,209;in the Vukub-Cakix myth,212–213;in the myth in the second book of thePopol Vuh,220;equivalent to the Mexican Ometecutli,236Xquiq(Blood). A princess of Xibalba, daughter of Cuchumaquiq; inPopol Vuhmyth,222Xulu.A sorcerer mentioned inPopol Vuhmyth,227YYacatecutli.Tutelar god of travellers of the merchant class in Mexico,114;the Maya Ekchuah probably parallel with,177Yahuarhuaccac.Seventh Inca,283Yahuar-pampa(Plain of Blood). Battle of,285Yamquisupa.Village; Thonapa and,319Yanacaca.Rocks; in a myth of Paricaca,327Yaotzin(The Enemy). A manifestation of Tezcatlipoca,66Yatiri(The Ruler). Aymara name of Pachacamac in his form of Pachayachachic; Huaina Ccapac and,299Year.The Mexican,39,40Yetl.God of natives of British Columbia,12;probably cognate with Quetzalcoatl,12,83Yma Sumac(How Beautiful). Daughter of Curi-Coyllur; in the dramaApu-Ollanta,252–253Yoalli Ehecatl(The Night Wind). A manifestation of Tezcatlipoca,66Yohualticitl.A name of Metztli,which seeYolcuat.Form of Quetzalcoatl,84Yopi.Indian tribe; Xipe adopted from,92Yucatan.Settlement of the Maya in,151–152;architectural remains in,178Yucay.Inca ruins at,269Yum Kaax(Lord of the Harvest Fields). Maya deity; God E probably identical with,174Yunca.Name given to the tropical and lowland districts of Peru,255Yupanqui Pachacutic.Ninth Inca, known also as Pachacutic.SeePachacuticZZacatecas.Mexican province,32Zapoteca.Aboriginal Mexican race,23;builders of Mitla,31;their calendric system,38;and Quetzalcoatl,84–85;creation-myth of,121–122;Maya influences transmitted to the Nahua through,147;in effect a border people, influenced by and influencing Maya and Nahua,147;of Nahua stock,147Zaque.Aboriginal Mexican race,24Zipacna(Cockspur or Earth-heaper). Son of Vukub-Cakix; in a Kiche myth in thePopol Vuh,211–213,216Zippa.A chieftain of the Chibchas,276Zoque.A chieftain of the Chibchas,276Zotuta.Region in Yucatan inhabited by remnant of Cocomes,156Zotzilaha Chimalman.The Maya bat-god, called also Camazotz,171–172Zumarraga.Mexican chronicler,13Zutugildialect,145

Uayayab.Demon who presided over thenemontemi(unlucky days),177;God N identified with,177Uemac.Tezcatlipoca and the daughter of,61–63Uitzlampa.Place in Mexico; in myth of Huitzilopochtli’s origin,72Urco-Inca.Inca superseded by Pachacutic,284Uricaechea, M.His collection of Chibcha antiquities,277Uxmal.Mexican city, founded by Tutul Xius,154;abandoned,155;ruins at,191–194;primitive type of its architecture,194

Uayayab.Demon who presided over thenemontemi(unlucky days),177;God N identified with,177

Uemac.Tezcatlipoca and the daughter of,61–63

Uitzlampa.Place in Mexico; in myth of Huitzilopochtli’s origin,72

Urco-Inca.Inca superseded by Pachacutic,284

Uricaechea, M.His collection of Chibcha antiquities,277

Uxmal.Mexican city, founded by Tutul Xius,154;abandoned,155;ruins at,191–194;primitive type of its architecture,194

VVatican MSS.,37;description of the journey of the soul in,37–38Vega, Garcilasso el Inca de la.Hist. des Incas, cited,7;on the gods of the early Peruvians,291Venus.The planet; worship of,96–97;the only star worshipped by Mexicans,96;Camaxtli identified with,111;temple of, at Cuzco,262Vera Cruz.Quetzalcoatl lands at,6Verapaz.District in Guatemala,158Vetancurt, A. de.On Mexican mythology,58Villa-coto.Mountain; in a Peruvian flood-myth,323–324Villagutierre, J. de Soto-Mayor.And the prophecy of Chilan Balam,8Viollet-le-Duc, E.On the ruined palace at Mitla,197Viracocha.I. Eighth Inca,284,318.II. Peruvian deity;temple of, at Cacha,270;regarded as son of the sun,306;worshipped by Quichua-Aymara as a culture hero, and called Pachayachachic,307.III. A higher class of sacred objects of the Peruvians,294.IV. Name given to any more than usually sacred being,301Vitzillopochtli.Same as Huitzilopochtli; in an Aztec migration-myth,233Voc.A bird, the messenger of Hurakan; inPopol Vuhmyth,225Votan.Maya god, identical with Tepeyollotl; God L probably is,176Vukub-Cakix(Seven-times-the-colour-of-fire). A sun-and-moon god (Dr. Seler); in a Kiche myth recounted in thePopol Vuh,210–213;possibly an earth-god,237Vukub-Came.One of the rulers of Xibalba, the Kiche Hades,220,221,224Vukub-Hunapu.Son of Xpiyacoc and Xmucane; in the myth in the second book of thePopol Vuh,220–221,224,225,227

Vatican MSS.,37;description of the journey of the soul in,37–38Vega, Garcilasso el Inca de la.Hist. des Incas, cited,7;on the gods of the early Peruvians,291Venus.The planet; worship of,96–97;the only star worshipped by Mexicans,96;Camaxtli identified with,111;temple of, at Cuzco,262Vera Cruz.Quetzalcoatl lands at,6Verapaz.District in Guatemala,158Vetancurt, A. de.On Mexican mythology,58Villa-coto.Mountain; in a Peruvian flood-myth,323–324Villagutierre, J. de Soto-Mayor.And the prophecy of Chilan Balam,8Viollet-le-Duc, E.On the ruined palace at Mitla,197Viracocha.I. Eighth Inca,284,318.II. Peruvian deity;temple of, at Cacha,270;regarded as son of the sun,306;worshipped by Quichua-Aymara as a culture hero, and called Pachayachachic,307.III. A higher class of sacred objects of the Peruvians,294.IV. Name given to any more than usually sacred being,301Vitzillopochtli.Same as Huitzilopochtli; in an Aztec migration-myth,233Voc.A bird, the messenger of Hurakan; inPopol Vuhmyth,225Votan.Maya god, identical with Tepeyollotl; God L probably is,176Vukub-Cakix(Seven-times-the-colour-of-fire). A sun-and-moon god (Dr. Seler); in a Kiche myth recounted in thePopol Vuh,210–213;possibly an earth-god,237Vukub-Came.One of the rulers of Xibalba, the Kiche Hades,220,221,224Vukub-Hunapu.Son of Xpiyacoc and Xmucane; in the myth in the second book of thePopol Vuh,220–221,224,225,227

Vatican MSS.,37;description of the journey of the soul in,37–38

Vega, Garcilasso el Inca de la.Hist. des Incas, cited,7;on the gods of the early Peruvians,291

Venus.The planet; worship of,96–97;the only star worshipped by Mexicans,96;Camaxtli identified with,111;temple of, at Cuzco,262

Vera Cruz.Quetzalcoatl lands at,6

Verapaz.District in Guatemala,158

Vetancurt, A. de.On Mexican mythology,58

Villa-coto.Mountain; in a Peruvian flood-myth,323–324

Villagutierre, J. de Soto-Mayor.And the prophecy of Chilan Balam,8

Viollet-le-Duc, E.On the ruined palace at Mitla,197

Viracocha.I. Eighth Inca,284,318.II. Peruvian deity;temple of, at Cacha,270;regarded as son of the sun,306;worshipped by Quichua-Aymara as a culture hero, and called Pachayachachic,307.III. A higher class of sacred objects of the Peruvians,294.IV. Name given to any more than usually sacred being,301

Vitzillopochtli.Same as Huitzilopochtli; in an Aztec migration-myth,233

Voc.A bird, the messenger of Hurakan; inPopol Vuhmyth,225

Votan.Maya god, identical with Tepeyollotl; God L probably is,176

Vukub-Cakix(Seven-times-the-colour-of-fire). A sun-and-moon god (Dr. Seler); in a Kiche myth recounted in thePopol Vuh,210–213;possibly an earth-god,237

Vukub-Came.One of the rulers of Xibalba, the Kiche Hades,220,221,224

Vukub-Hunapu.Son of Xpiyacoc and Xmucane; in the myth in the second book of thePopol Vuh,220–221,224,225,227

W“Wallum Olum.” Records of the Leni-Lenape Indians; a migration-myth in, resembles Kiche and Aztec myths,233–234Wind-Nine-Cave.Mixtec deity; in creation-myth,120–121,122Wind-Nine-Snake.Mixtec deity; in creation-myth,120–121,122Women of the Sun.Women dedicated to the service of the sun in Peru,308Writing.Of the Nahua,34–35;of the Maya,159–166;Dr. Le Plongeon and the Maya hieroglyphs,239

“Wallum Olum.” Records of the Leni-Lenape Indians; a migration-myth in, resembles Kiche and Aztec myths,233–234Wind-Nine-Cave.Mixtec deity; in creation-myth,120–121,122Wind-Nine-Snake.Mixtec deity; in creation-myth,120–121,122Women of the Sun.Women dedicated to the service of the sun in Peru,308Writing.Of the Nahua,34–35;of the Maya,159–166;Dr. Le Plongeon and the Maya hieroglyphs,239

“Wallum Olum.” Records of the Leni-Lenape Indians; a migration-myth in, resembles Kiche and Aztec myths,233–234

Wind-Nine-Cave.Mixtec deity; in creation-myth,120–121,122

Wind-Nine-Snake.Mixtec deity; in creation-myth,120–121,122

Women of the Sun.Women dedicated to the service of the sun in Peru,308

Writing.Of the Nahua,34–35;of the Maya,159–166;Dr. Le Plongeon and the Maya hieroglyphs,239

XXalaquia.I. Festival of Chicomecohuatl,86–87.II. The victim sacrificed at the Xalaquia festival,87,90Xalisco.District in Mexico Toltecs in,12Xaltocan.Mexican city,50Xan.An animal mentioned inPopol Vuhmyth,225Xaquixahuana.Place in Peru,284Xauxa.Place in Peru,285Xbakiyalo.Wife of Hunhun-Apu,220Xbalanque(Little Tiger). A hero-god, twin with Hun-Apu; in a Kiche myth,211–219;in the myth in the second book of thePopol Vuh,220,223–227;mentioned,237Xecotcovach.Bird in the Kiche story of the creation,209Xibalba.I. A semi-legendary empire of the Maya,144.II. The Kiche Hades, “Place of Phantoms”; in the myth in the second book of thePopol Vuh,220–222,225–227;possible origin of the conception,229;properly a “place of the dead,”229;origin of the name,229Xibalbans.In the myth in the second book of thePopol Vuh,221,225–227;the originals of,228–229;nature of,229Xilonen.Form of Chicomecohuatl,85Ximenes, Francisco.Copied and translated thePopol Vuh,207Xipe(The Flayed). Mexican god,91–92;his dress assumed by Aztec monarchs andleaders,91–92;Xolotl has affinities with,95;God A thought to resemble,174Xiuhtecutli(Lord of the Year). A name of the Mexican fire-god,95Xiumalpilli.In Mexican calendar,40Xiyan Caan.City in Yucatan,153Xmucane(Female Vigour). The mother-god in the Kiche story of the creation in thePopol Vuh,209;in the Vukub-Cakix myth,212–213;in the myth in the second book of thePopol Vuh,220–225;equivalent to the Mexican Omeciuatl,236Xochicalco(The Hill of Flowers). Ateocallinear Tezcuco,33–34Xochimilcos.Aztec tribe,233Xochipilli.A name of Macuilxochitl,which seeXochitla.A flower-garden near Tollan; the legend of Tezcatlipoca and,63Xochitonal.Monster in the Mexican Other-world,38Xochiyayotl(The War of Flowers). Campaign for the capture of victims for sacrifice,98–99,100Xolotl.I. King of the Chichimecs,20;Teotihuacan rebuilt by,33.II. A sun-god,93–94;of southern origin and foreign to Mexico,93;probably identical with Nanahuatl,93;representative of human sacrifice,93;has affinities with Xipe,93;representations of,94Xpiyacoc.The father god in thePopol Vuhstory of the creation,209;in the Vukub-Cakix myth,212–213;in the myth in the second book of thePopol Vuh,220;equivalent to the Mexican Ometecutli,236Xquiq(Blood). A princess of Xibalba, daughter of Cuchumaquiq; inPopol Vuhmyth,222Xulu.A sorcerer mentioned inPopol Vuhmyth,227

Xalaquia.I. Festival of Chicomecohuatl,86–87.II. The victim sacrificed at the Xalaquia festival,87,90Xalisco.District in Mexico Toltecs in,12Xaltocan.Mexican city,50Xan.An animal mentioned inPopol Vuhmyth,225Xaquixahuana.Place in Peru,284Xauxa.Place in Peru,285Xbakiyalo.Wife of Hunhun-Apu,220Xbalanque(Little Tiger). A hero-god, twin with Hun-Apu; in a Kiche myth,211–219;in the myth in the second book of thePopol Vuh,220,223–227;mentioned,237Xecotcovach.Bird in the Kiche story of the creation,209Xibalba.I. A semi-legendary empire of the Maya,144.II. The Kiche Hades, “Place of Phantoms”; in the myth in the second book of thePopol Vuh,220–222,225–227;possible origin of the conception,229;properly a “place of the dead,”229;origin of the name,229Xibalbans.In the myth in the second book of thePopol Vuh,221,225–227;the originals of,228–229;nature of,229Xilonen.Form of Chicomecohuatl,85Ximenes, Francisco.Copied and translated thePopol Vuh,207Xipe(The Flayed). Mexican god,91–92;his dress assumed by Aztec monarchs andleaders,91–92;Xolotl has affinities with,95;God A thought to resemble,174Xiuhtecutli(Lord of the Year). A name of the Mexican fire-god,95Xiumalpilli.In Mexican calendar,40Xiyan Caan.City in Yucatan,153Xmucane(Female Vigour). The mother-god in the Kiche story of the creation in thePopol Vuh,209;in the Vukub-Cakix myth,212–213;in the myth in the second book of thePopol Vuh,220–225;equivalent to the Mexican Omeciuatl,236Xochicalco(The Hill of Flowers). Ateocallinear Tezcuco,33–34Xochimilcos.Aztec tribe,233Xochipilli.A name of Macuilxochitl,which seeXochitla.A flower-garden near Tollan; the legend of Tezcatlipoca and,63Xochitonal.Monster in the Mexican Other-world,38Xochiyayotl(The War of Flowers). Campaign for the capture of victims for sacrifice,98–99,100Xolotl.I. King of the Chichimecs,20;Teotihuacan rebuilt by,33.II. A sun-god,93–94;of southern origin and foreign to Mexico,93;probably identical with Nanahuatl,93;representative of human sacrifice,93;has affinities with Xipe,93;representations of,94Xpiyacoc.The father god in thePopol Vuhstory of the creation,209;in the Vukub-Cakix myth,212–213;in the myth in the second book of thePopol Vuh,220;equivalent to the Mexican Ometecutli,236Xquiq(Blood). A princess of Xibalba, daughter of Cuchumaquiq; inPopol Vuhmyth,222Xulu.A sorcerer mentioned inPopol Vuhmyth,227

Xalaquia.I. Festival of Chicomecohuatl,86–87.II. The victim sacrificed at the Xalaquia festival,87,90

Xalisco.District in Mexico Toltecs in,12

Xaltocan.Mexican city,50

Xan.An animal mentioned inPopol Vuhmyth,225

Xaquixahuana.Place in Peru,284

Xauxa.Place in Peru,285

Xbakiyalo.Wife of Hunhun-Apu,220

Xbalanque(Little Tiger). A hero-god, twin with Hun-Apu; in a Kiche myth,211–219;in the myth in the second book of thePopol Vuh,220,223–227;mentioned,237

Xecotcovach.Bird in the Kiche story of the creation,209

Xibalba.I. A semi-legendary empire of the Maya,144.II. The Kiche Hades, “Place of Phantoms”; in the myth in the second book of thePopol Vuh,220–222,225–227;possible origin of the conception,229;properly a “place of the dead,”229;origin of the name,229

Xibalbans.In the myth in the second book of thePopol Vuh,221,225–227;the originals of,228–229;nature of,229

Xilonen.Form of Chicomecohuatl,85

Ximenes, Francisco.Copied and translated thePopol Vuh,207

Xipe(The Flayed). Mexican god,91–92;his dress assumed by Aztec monarchs andleaders,91–92;Xolotl has affinities with,95;God A thought to resemble,174

Xiuhtecutli(Lord of the Year). A name of the Mexican fire-god,95

Xiumalpilli.In Mexican calendar,40

Xiyan Caan.City in Yucatan,153

Xmucane(Female Vigour). The mother-god in the Kiche story of the creation in thePopol Vuh,209;in the Vukub-Cakix myth,212–213;in the myth in the second book of thePopol Vuh,220–225;equivalent to the Mexican Omeciuatl,236

Xochicalco(The Hill of Flowers). Ateocallinear Tezcuco,33–34

Xochimilcos.Aztec tribe,233

Xochipilli.A name of Macuilxochitl,which see

Xochitla.A flower-garden near Tollan; the legend of Tezcatlipoca and,63

Xochitonal.Monster in the Mexican Other-world,38

Xochiyayotl(The War of Flowers). Campaign for the capture of victims for sacrifice,98–99,100

Xolotl.I. King of the Chichimecs,20;Teotihuacan rebuilt by,33.II. A sun-god,93–94;of southern origin and foreign to Mexico,93;probably identical with Nanahuatl,93;representative of human sacrifice,93;has affinities with Xipe,93;representations of,94

Xpiyacoc.The father god in thePopol Vuhstory of the creation,209;in the Vukub-Cakix myth,212–213;in the myth in the second book of thePopol Vuh,220;equivalent to the Mexican Ometecutli,236

Xquiq(Blood). A princess of Xibalba, daughter of Cuchumaquiq; inPopol Vuhmyth,222

Xulu.A sorcerer mentioned inPopol Vuhmyth,227

YYacatecutli.Tutelar god of travellers of the merchant class in Mexico,114;the Maya Ekchuah probably parallel with,177Yahuarhuaccac.Seventh Inca,283Yahuar-pampa(Plain of Blood). Battle of,285Yamquisupa.Village; Thonapa and,319Yanacaca.Rocks; in a myth of Paricaca,327Yaotzin(The Enemy). A manifestation of Tezcatlipoca,66Yatiri(The Ruler). Aymara name of Pachacamac in his form of Pachayachachic; Huaina Ccapac and,299Year.The Mexican,39,40Yetl.God of natives of British Columbia,12;probably cognate with Quetzalcoatl,12,83Yma Sumac(How Beautiful). Daughter of Curi-Coyllur; in the dramaApu-Ollanta,252–253Yoalli Ehecatl(The Night Wind). A manifestation of Tezcatlipoca,66Yohualticitl.A name of Metztli,which seeYolcuat.Form of Quetzalcoatl,84Yopi.Indian tribe; Xipe adopted from,92Yucatan.Settlement of the Maya in,151–152;architectural remains in,178Yucay.Inca ruins at,269Yum Kaax(Lord of the Harvest Fields). Maya deity; God E probably identical with,174Yunca.Name given to the tropical and lowland districts of Peru,255Yupanqui Pachacutic.Ninth Inca, known also as Pachacutic.SeePachacutic

Yacatecutli.Tutelar god of travellers of the merchant class in Mexico,114;the Maya Ekchuah probably parallel with,177Yahuarhuaccac.Seventh Inca,283Yahuar-pampa(Plain of Blood). Battle of,285Yamquisupa.Village; Thonapa and,319Yanacaca.Rocks; in a myth of Paricaca,327Yaotzin(The Enemy). A manifestation of Tezcatlipoca,66Yatiri(The Ruler). Aymara name of Pachacamac in his form of Pachayachachic; Huaina Ccapac and,299Year.The Mexican,39,40Yetl.God of natives of British Columbia,12;probably cognate with Quetzalcoatl,12,83Yma Sumac(How Beautiful). Daughter of Curi-Coyllur; in the dramaApu-Ollanta,252–253Yoalli Ehecatl(The Night Wind). A manifestation of Tezcatlipoca,66Yohualticitl.A name of Metztli,which seeYolcuat.Form of Quetzalcoatl,84Yopi.Indian tribe; Xipe adopted from,92Yucatan.Settlement of the Maya in,151–152;architectural remains in,178Yucay.Inca ruins at,269Yum Kaax(Lord of the Harvest Fields). Maya deity; God E probably identical with,174Yunca.Name given to the tropical and lowland districts of Peru,255Yupanqui Pachacutic.Ninth Inca, known also as Pachacutic.SeePachacutic

Yacatecutli.Tutelar god of travellers of the merchant class in Mexico,114;the Maya Ekchuah probably parallel with,177

Yahuarhuaccac.Seventh Inca,283

Yahuar-pampa(Plain of Blood). Battle of,285

Yamquisupa.Village; Thonapa and,319

Yanacaca.Rocks; in a myth of Paricaca,327

Yaotzin(The Enemy). A manifestation of Tezcatlipoca,66

Yatiri(The Ruler). Aymara name of Pachacamac in his form of Pachayachachic; Huaina Ccapac and,299

Year.The Mexican,39,40

Yetl.God of natives of British Columbia,12;probably cognate with Quetzalcoatl,12,83

Yma Sumac(How Beautiful). Daughter of Curi-Coyllur; in the dramaApu-Ollanta,252–253

Yoalli Ehecatl(The Night Wind). A manifestation of Tezcatlipoca,66

Yohualticitl.A name of Metztli,which see

Yolcuat.Form of Quetzalcoatl,84

Yopi.Indian tribe; Xipe adopted from,92

Yucatan.Settlement of the Maya in,151–152;architectural remains in,178

Yucay.Inca ruins at,269

Yum Kaax(Lord of the Harvest Fields). Maya deity; God E probably identical with,174

Yunca.Name given to the tropical and lowland districts of Peru,255

Yupanqui Pachacutic.Ninth Inca, known also as Pachacutic.SeePachacutic

ZZacatecas.Mexican province,32Zapoteca.Aboriginal Mexican race,23;builders of Mitla,31;their calendric system,38;and Quetzalcoatl,84–85;creation-myth of,121–122;Maya influences transmitted to the Nahua through,147;in effect a border people, influenced by and influencing Maya and Nahua,147;of Nahua stock,147Zaque.Aboriginal Mexican race,24Zipacna(Cockspur or Earth-heaper). Son of Vukub-Cakix; in a Kiche myth in thePopol Vuh,211–213,216Zippa.A chieftain of the Chibchas,276Zoque.A chieftain of the Chibchas,276Zotuta.Region in Yucatan inhabited by remnant of Cocomes,156Zotzilaha Chimalman.The Maya bat-god, called also Camazotz,171–172Zumarraga.Mexican chronicler,13Zutugildialect,145

Zacatecas.Mexican province,32Zapoteca.Aboriginal Mexican race,23;builders of Mitla,31;their calendric system,38;and Quetzalcoatl,84–85;creation-myth of,121–122;Maya influences transmitted to the Nahua through,147;in effect a border people, influenced by and influencing Maya and Nahua,147;of Nahua stock,147Zaque.Aboriginal Mexican race,24Zipacna(Cockspur or Earth-heaper). Son of Vukub-Cakix; in a Kiche myth in thePopol Vuh,211–213,216Zippa.A chieftain of the Chibchas,276Zoque.A chieftain of the Chibchas,276Zotuta.Region in Yucatan inhabited by remnant of Cocomes,156Zotzilaha Chimalman.The Maya bat-god, called also Camazotz,171–172Zumarraga.Mexican chronicler,13Zutugildialect,145

Zacatecas.Mexican province,32

Zapoteca.Aboriginal Mexican race,23;builders of Mitla,31;their calendric system,38;and Quetzalcoatl,84–85;creation-myth of,121–122;Maya influences transmitted to the Nahua through,147;in effect a border people, influenced by and influencing Maya and Nahua,147;of Nahua stock,147

Zaque.Aboriginal Mexican race,24

Zipacna(Cockspur or Earth-heaper). Son of Vukub-Cakix; in a Kiche myth in thePopol Vuh,211–213,216

Zippa.A chieftain of the Chibchas,276

Zoque.A chieftain of the Chibchas,276

Zotuta.Region in Yucatan inhabited by remnant of Cocomes,156

Zotzilaha Chimalman.The Maya bat-god, called also Camazotz,171–172

Zumarraga.Mexican chronicler,13

Zutugildialect,145

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