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Xamontoca, IV, 7. _Xi-am-on-itta_, from _itta_, to look, to see. Compare the Gloss. Xatenonotza, VI, 6. For _xi-tenonotza_, call ye upon, pray ye to. Xayaualli, XIII, 8. From _xayaua_, to adorn oneself in the ancient manner. Xeliui, XVIII, 4. To split, to divide. Ximocaya, III, 9. Rendered by the Gloss as equivalent to _ximoayan_, the Paradise of Souls; _see_ my _Ancient Nahuatl Poetry_, p. 132. Ximiçotica, XVI, 1, 2. From _iça_, to wake up, awake. Xiuh, IV, 8. Green; grass. Xiuacalco, III, 5. From _xiuh_, _calli_, _co_, in the green house; the Gloss explains it by _acxoyacalco_, "in the house of the wild laurel," or decorated with wild laurel, a plant probably sacred to Tlaloc. Xiuicoatl, XV, 2. Grass snake, or green snake. From _xiuitl_, _coatl_. Xiyanouia, III, 6. Imperative from _yauh_, to go. Xochinquauitl, XIV, 7. The flower-tree. Xochiquetzal, XIV, 11. Proper name of a deity. Xochitla, IV, 1, etc. Flowers, place of, or abundance of. From _xochitl_. Xochitlicacan, XIV, 3, 5. The place of flowers. Xoconoctli, XIX, 5. From _xocotl_, fruit, apple. Xocoyeua, XIX, 5. From _xococtl_, fruit. Xolotl, XIV, 9. A servant, a page. Xoyauia, IX, 2. From _xoyaui_, to begrime, to spoil; _xoyauian_, the place of blackness, or of decay. Xoxolcuicatl, VI, 5. From _xolotl_, servant, page, and _cuicatl_, song.

INDEX.

Abundance, the fabled house of, Amanteca, Amantlan; a quarter of the city of Tenochtitlan, Amimitl, the god: hymn to, his functions, Ancient god, the, a name of the god of fire, "Ancient Nahuatl Poetry," quoted, Arrows: the house of, god of, Artists, the goddess of, Atlaua, the god: hymn to, signification of, Auroras, the four, Ayopechtli _or_ Ayopechcatl, a goddess: hymn to, functions of, Aztec: Mythology, Paradise of, nation, wars of,

Ball, the game of, Bibliotheca Laurentio-Mediceana, Bread and water, fasting on, Bustamente, his edition of Sahagun's _Historia_,

Cardinal points as symbols, Chalchiucihuatl, a name of the goddess Chicomecoatl, Chalmecatl, name of a deity, Chichimecs, an ancient tribe, Chicomecoatl, the goddess: hymn to, functions of, her names, Chicomolotl, a name of the goddess Chicomecoatl, Chicomoztoc, the "seven caves," Childbirth, goddess of, Chimalman, the goddess of, Chimalipan, the virgin-mother, Cholula or Chollolan, a place name, Cihuacoatl, the goddess: hymn to, functions of, Cinteotl or Centeotl, the god, his birthplace, his functions, Cipactonalli, a fabled personage, Clavigero, quoted, Coatepec, the sacred serpent mountain, Codex Ramirèz, the, Codex Telleriano-Remensis, the, Codex Vaticanus, the, Colhuacan: first King of, derivation of, reference to, Colors, symbolism of, Cuauhtitlan, the Annals of, Cuezaltzin, a name of the god of fire,

Dance: the jar, of the "four auroras," Death-song, a, Drum, use of the, Drum-beating, goddess of, Drunkenness, deities of, Duran, Diego, quoted,

Eagle's crest, as ornament, Earth: goddess of the, heart of the, Eight, as a sacred number, Emerald, the Lady of the,

Feathers: as ornaments, symbol of the spirit, Fertility, genius of, Fire, the Mexican god of, Fire-stick, the, Fish-spear, god of the, "Five flowers," the, a plant, Flames, the Hall of, Flowers: the god of, plumage of, as symbols, Food, the goddess of, Four, as sacred number,

Gods: mother of the, home of the, Green corn, goddess of, Guadalupe, Our Lady of,

Hair, as a symbol of flames, Heads, serpent of seven, Hearts of victims torn out, Hieroglyphic books, native, Huasteca, a tribe, Huehueteotl, a name of the god of fire, Huitzilopochtli: hymn to, his functions, description of his idol, festival of, temple of, mother of, Huitznahuac: war song of, brother of Huitzilopochtli, Hurler, the; epithet applied to Huitzilopochtli,

Ichpochtli, the virgin goddess, Illustrations, colored, Inquisition, action on Sahagun's Historia, Intoxicating drink, the gods of, Itzpapalotl, a goddess, Ixcoçauhqui, the god of fire, hymn to,

Jade, ornaments of, mentioned, Jourdanet, Dr., his translation of Sahagun's _Historia_,

Kingsborough, Lord: his edition of Sahagun's _Historia_, his _Mexican Antiquities_,

Lightning, as a serpent, Lying-in, goddesses of. _See_ Childbirth.

Macuilxochitl: name of a deity, hymn to, Maguey, brought from Paradise, Maize: the god of, goddess of, Maya tribes in Mexico, Mazateca, a certain tribe or caste, Merchants, the god of, Mexicans, the, Mexicans, poetry of, Mexico, ancient, Mimixcoa. _See_ Mixcoatl. Mirror, the use of, Mist, the house of, Mixcoatl, the god: hymn of, his functions, hill of, Mixcoatepec, mountain so called, Mixteca } : a nation, Mixtecatl } Mixtecapan, a locality, Mother of the gods, "our mother," the virgin,

Nahua, the, as tribal name, Nahuatl language, the, MSS., Naualpilli, "noble magician," a name of Tlaloc, Night, the god of, Nonoalco, a place name,

"Obsidian butterfly," a kind of ornament, Olmos, quoted, Opochtli, the god of netmakers, Otomis, the tribe so-called, war song of, Otontecutli, the god: hymn to, his functions,

Paradise, the terrestrial, Paynal, the god, Parturition, goddess of. _See_ Childbirth. Picha-Huasteca, a tribe, Pipitlan, a place name, Pipiteca, a nomen gentile, Poetry, ancient Mexican, Pulque, the god of,

Quechol bird, the, Quetzal bird, the, Quetzalcoatl: priests adopt his garb, as speaker, his companion, Quilaztli: name of a goddess, related to Atlaua,

Rain, the god of, Rain gods, the, the house of, Reproduction, the goddess of,

Sacrifices, human, Sahagun, Bernardino de: MS. of his _Historia_, his remarks on the chants, action of Inquisition on, quoted, Serpent: the lightning, mountain, the serpent woman, serpent's blood, swallowing of, of seven heads, Seven, as a sacred number, Simeon, Remi, his notes to Sahagun's _Historia_, Slaves, sacrifice of, Soul, place in Aztec mythology, South, the, as origin of deities, Sun-god, the,

Tamoanchan: its signification, the houses of, Teatlahuiani, a name of the god of the pulque, Temple of Tenochtitlan, Tenochtitlan, ancient name of the city of Mexico, temple of, Tepeyacac, temple at, Tequechmecaniani, a name of the god of drunkenness, Teteuinan, hymn of, Tezcatlipoca, the god, Tezcatzoncatl, god of the pulque, hymn to, Tezcatzontli, Thorns, diviners with, Tlaloc, the god: song of, house of, functions of, figure of, Tlalocan, the terrestrial Paradise, guide to, explained, Tlazolteotl, the love goddess, Toçi, our mother, a goddess, Toltecs, the fabulous nation of, Torquemada, quoted, Totec, the god: hymn to, a companion of Quetzalcoatl, Totochtin, gods of intoxication, Tochtli, the rabbit, as a god of drunkards, Tonan _or_ Tonantzin, the goddess, Travelers, the deity of, Tulan, the site of, Turquoises as ornaments, Twins, the goddess of, Tzatzitepec, the hill of proclamation, Tziuactitlan, a place name, Tzocatzontlan, a place name,

Uitznahuac. _See_ Huitznabruac.

Venus impudica, the Mexican, Vitzilopochtli. _See_ Huitzilopochtli.

War: the god of, goddess of, Water cypress, the, Waters, master of the, Woman, sacrifice of,

Xilonen, goddess of green corn, Xippe Totec, the god, hymn to, Xiuhtecutli, a name of the god of fire, Xochipilli, the god of flowers: hymn to, functions of, synonym, Xochitlycacan, name of the earthly Paradise, its meaning, Xochiquetzal, the goddess: hymn to, functions of, reference to,

Yacatecutli, god of travelers, hymn to, Yoatzin, the god of night, Youallauan, the nocturnal tippler, high priest of Totec,