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Hartley Burr Alexander. Latin-American Mythology (Illustrated Edition)
Latin-American Mythology (Illustrated Edition)
Table of Contents
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I. THE ANTILLES
I. THE ISLANDERS6
II. THE FIRST ENCOUNTERS9
III. ZEMIISM13
IV. TAÏNO MYTHS16
V. THE AREITOS
VI. CARIB LORE21
CHAPTER II. MEXICO
I. MIDDLE AMERICA
II. CONQUISTADORES25
III. THE AZTEC PANTHEON27
IV. THE GREAT GODS32
1. Huitzilopochtli33
2. Tezcatlipoca34
3. Quetzalcoatl35
4. Tlaloc and Chalchiuhtlicue36
V. THE POWERS OF LIFE37
VI. THE POWERS OF DEATH
CHAPTER III. MEXICO (Continued)
I. COSMOGONY47
II. THE FOUR SUNS53
III. THE CALENDAR AND ITS CYCLES55
IV. LEGENDARY HISTORY
V. AZTEC MIGRATION-MYTHS59
VI. SURVIVING PAGANISM
CHAPTER IV. YUCATAN
I. THE MAYA
II. VOTAN, ZAMNA, AND KUKULCAN
III. YUCATEC DEITIES
IV. RITES AND SYMBOLS
V. THE MAYA CYCLES92
VI. THE CREATION
CHAPTER V. CENTRAL AMERICA
I. QUICHÉ AND CAKCHIQUEL97
II. THE POPUL VUH101
III. THE HERO BROTHERS
IV. THE ANNALS OF THE CAKCHIQUEL103
V. HONDURAS AND NICARAGUA106
CHAPTER VI. THE ANDEAN NORTH
I. THE CULTURED PEOPLES OF THE ANDES111
II. THE ISTHMIANS112
III. EL DORADO
IV. MYTHS OF THE CHIBCHA119
V. THE MEN FROM THE SEA
CHAPTER VII. THE ANDEAN SOUTH
I. THE EMPIRE OF THE INCAS123
II. THE YUNCA PANTHEONS
III. THE MYTHS OF THE CHINCHA
IV. VIRACOCHA AND TONAPA
V. THE CHILDREN OF THE SUN
VI. LEGENDS OF THE INCAS
CHAPTER VIII. THE TROPICAL FORESTS: THE ORINOCO AND GUIANA
I. LANDS AND PEOPLES
II. SPIRITS AND SHAMANS
III. HOW EVILS BEFELL MANKIND
IV. CREATION AND CATACLYSM
V. NATURE AND HUMAN NATURE
CHAPTER IX. THE TROPICAL FORESTS: THE AMAZON AND BRAZIL
I. THE AMAZONS173
II. FOOD-MAKERS AND DANCE-MASKS
III. GODS, GHOSTS, AND BOGEYS
IV. IMPS, WERE-BEASTS, AND CANNIBALS
V. SUN, MOON, AND STARS
VI. FIRE, FLOOD, AND TRANSFORMATIONS
CHAPTER X. THE PAMPAS TO THE LAND OF FIRE
I. THE FAR SOUTH203
II. EL CHACO AND THE PAMPEANS
III. THE ARAUCANIANS
IV. THE PATAGONIANS
V. THE FUEGIANS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
I. ABBREVIATIONS
II. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDES
III. ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ETHNOLOGICAL GUIDES
IV. GENERAL WORKS (a) Critical and Comparative
(b) Important Collections
V. SELECT AUTHORITIES. CHAPTER I
CHAPTERS II-III
CHAPTERS IV-V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
FOOTNOTES
