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Tezcatlipoca and the Toltecs 61
The Departure of Quetzalcoatl 64
Tezcatlipoca as Doomster 66
The Teotleco Festival 68
The Toxcatl Festival 69
Huitzilopochtli, the War-God 70
The War-God as Fertiliser 74
Tlaloc, the Rain-God 75
Sacrifices to Tlaloc 77
Quetzalcoatl 78
The Man of the Sun 81
Various Forms of Quetzalcoatl 82
Quetzalcoatl’s Northern Origin 83
The Worship of Quetzalcoatl 84
The Maize-Gods of Mexico 85
The Sacrifice of the Dancer 86
An Antiquarian Mare’s-Nest 88
The Offering to Centeotl 90
Importance of the Food-Gods 91
Xipe 91
Nanahuatl, or Nanauatzin 93
Xolotl 93
The Fire-God 95
Mictlan 95
The Revolution in Mayapan 155
Hunac Eel 155
The Last of the Cocomes 156
The Maya Peoples of Guatemala 157
The Maya Tulan 157
Doubtful Dynasties 158
The Coming of the Spaniards 159
The Riddle of Ancient Maya Writing 159
The Maya Manuscripts 160
The System of the Writing 161
Clever Elucidations 162
Methods of Study 164
The Maya Numeral System 165
Mythology of the Maya 166
Quetzalcoatl among the Maya 167
An Alphabet of Gods 168
Difficulties of Comparison 168
The Conflict between Light and Darkness 169
The Calendar 169
Traditional Knowledge of the Gods 170
Maya Polytheism 171
The Bat-God 171
Modern Research 172
God A 172
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Viracocha the Great 284
The Plain of Blood 284
The Conquest of Middle Peru 285
Fusion of Races 285
Two Branches of the Incas 286
The Laws of Pachacutic 286
Tupac-Yupanqui 287
Huaina Ccapac 288
The Inca Civil War 289
A Dramatic Situation 290
A Worthless Despotism 290
VII. CHAPTER VII: THE MYTHOLOGY OF PERU 291
The Religion of Ancient Peru 291
Totemism 291
Paccariscas 292
Worship of Stones 292
Huacas 294
The Mamas 295
The Huamantantac 296
Huaris 296
Huillcas 296
The Oracles of the Andes 297
Lake-Worship in Peru 298

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