Aztec mythology; Indian mythology -- Mexico; Mexico -- Religion
CHAPTER X
GODS OF DEATH, EARTH, AND THE UNDERWORLD
Mictlantecutli—Mictecaciuatl—Tepeyollotl pp. 327–335
CHAPTER XI
VARIANTS OF THE GREAT GODS
Itztli—Itztlacoliuhqui—Paynal—Yacatecutli pp. 336–343
CHAPTER XII
MINOR DEITIES
Xolotl—Ixtlilton—Omacatl—The Ciuateteô or Ciuapipiltin pp. 344–358
APPENDIX
THE TONALAMATL AND THE SOLAR CALENDAR
Day-signs—Model tonalamatl—The day-gods—Gods of the “weeks”—Lords
of the night—Lords of the day-hours—Tonalamatl festivals—
Recapitulation—The calendar round—The nemontemi—The Venus
period—Short bibliography of works relating to the tonalamatl
pp. 359–371
A CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MEXICAN RELIGION pp. 372–381
GLOSSARY pp. 382–383
INDEX pp. 384–388
ILLUSTRATIONS
Nephrite Figure of a Death-god Frontispiece
FACING PAGES
Colossal Statue of Coatlicue 14, 15
Statue of Coatlicue 16, 17
The Great Calendar Stone of Mexico 38
Symbols of the “Suns” in Mexican Cosmogony 40, 41
The Trees of the World-quarters 58, 59
The Tree of the Middle-quarter 60
Uitzilopochtli 66
Coyolxauhqui 67
The Red and Black Tezcatlipocâs 92
Tezcatlipocâ in Various Forms 93, 98
Altar of Skulls to Tezcatlipocâ 99
Quetzalcoatl and Tlauizcalpantecutli 118
Quetzalcoatl and the Death-god 119
Forms of Quetzalcoatl 120, 121
Tonacatecutli-Tonacaciuatl 121
Forms of Tlazolteotl 156, 157
Forms of Chicomecoatl 170
Cinteotl 171
Ciuacoatl 180
Forms of Ciuacoatl 181
Xochiquetzal and her Symbols 188
Forms of Xochiquetzal 189, 190
Stone Figures of Macuilxochitl 196, 197
Forms of Macuilxochitl 198
Forms of Xochipilli 199
Pottery Figure of Xochipilli 200
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