by Spence,Lewis
The Granting of Fire
The Kiche Babel
The Last Days of the First Men
Death of the First Men
American Migrations
Cosmogony of the “Popol Vuh”
Antiquity of the “Popol Vuh”
The Father-Mother Gods
Gucumatz
Hurakan
Hun-Apu and Xbalanque
Vukub-Cakix and his Sons
Metrical Origin of the “Popol Vuh”
Pseudo-History of the Kiche
Queen Móo
The Funeral Chamber
The Frescoes
The Soothsayers
The Royal Bride
Móo’s Refusal
The Rejected Suitor
Aac’s Fierce Wooing
Prince Coh
The Murder of Coh
The Widowhood of Móo
The Manuscript Troano
CHAPTER VI: THE CIVILISATION OF OLD PERU
Old Peru
The Country
The Andeans
A Strange Site
Sacsahuaman and Ollantay
The Drama-Legend of Ollantay
The Love-Story of Curi-Coyllur
Mother and Child
The Races of Peru
The Coming of the Incas
The Quichua-Aymara
The Four Peoples
The Coming of Manco Ccapac
The Peruvian Creation-Story
Local Creation-Myths
The Character of Inca Civilisation
An Absolute Theocracy
A Golden Temple
The Great Altar
Planetary Temples
The Mummies of Peru
Laws and Customs
The Peruvian Calendar
The Festivals
The Llama
Architecture of the Incas
Unsurpassed Workmanship
The Temple of Viracocha
Titicaca
Coati
Mysterious Chimu
The Palace
The Civilisation of Chimu
Pachacamac
Irrigation Works
A Singular Discovery
The Chibchas
A Severe Legal Code
A Strange Mnemonic System
Practical Use of the Quipos
The Incas as Craftsmen
Pottery
Historical Sketch of the Incan Peruvians
The Inca Monarchs
The First Incas
Viracocha the Great
The Plain of Blood
The Conquest of Middle Peru
Fusion of Races
Two Branches of the Incas
The Laws of Pachacutic
Tupac-Yupanqui
Huaina Ccapac
The Inca Civil War
A Dramatic Situation
A Worthless Despotism
CHAPTER VII: THE MYTHOLOGY OF PERU
The Religion of Ancient Peru
Totemism
Paccariscas
Worship of Stones
Huacas
The Mamas
The Huamantantac
Huaris
Huillcas
The Oracles of the Andes
Lake-Worship in Peru
The Lost Island
The Thunder-God of Peru
The Great God Pachacamac
Peruvian Creation-Stories
Pachayachachic
Ideas of Creation
Pacari Tampu
Worship of the Sea
Viracocha
Sun-Worship in Peru
The Sun’s Possessions
Inca Occupation of Titicaca
Pilgrimages to Titicaca
Sacrifices to the New Sun
The Citoc Raymi
Human Sacrifice in Peru
Methods of Medicine-Men
Death by Suffocation
The Obsequies of a Chief
Peruvian Myths
The Vision of Yupanqui
The Bird Bride
Thonapa
A Myth of Manco Ccapac Inca
Coniraya Viracocha
The Llama’s Warning
The Myth of Huathiacuri
Paricaca
Conclusion
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Mexico
Central America
Peru
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