# The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru

Author: Spence, Lewis, 1874-1955

Genre: Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36386

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Mythologies+of+Ancient+Mexico+and+Peru+Spence&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The question of the origin of the religions of ancient Mexico and Peru is unalterably associated with that of the origin of the native races of America themselves--not that the two questions admit of simultaneous settlement, but that in order to prove the indigenous nature of the American mythologies it is necessary to show the extreme improbability of Asiatic or European influence upon them, and therefore of relatively late foreign immigration into the Western Hemisphere. As regards the vexed question of the origin of the American races it has been thought best to relegate all proof of a purely speculative or legendary character to a chapter at the end of the book, and for the present to...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-mythologies-of-ancient-mexico-and-peru-36386/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-mythologies-of-ancient-mexico-and-peru-36386/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-mythologies-of-ancient-mexico-and-peru-36386/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-mythologies-of-ancient-mexico-and-peru-36386/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-mythologies-of-ancient-mexico-and-peru-36386/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-mythologies-of-ancient-mexico-and-peru-36386/chapters/1/index.md)