. The myths of Mexico and Peru. itla 202 The Twins make an Imitation Crab 214 The Princess and the Gourds 220 The Princess who made Friends of the Owls 222 In the House of Bats 226 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE How the Sun appeared like the Moon 230 Queen Moo has her Destiny foretold 240 The Rejected Suitor 242 N Piece of Pottery representing a Tapir 247 Doorway of Tiahuanaco 248 Fortress at Ollantay-tampu 250 Mother and child are united 252 The Inca Fortress of Pissac 354 Making one of each nation out of the clay of the earth 258 Painted and Black Terra-cotta Vases 280 Conducting the White Llama
. The myths of Mexico and Peru. itla 202 The Twins make an Imitation Crab 214 The Princess and the Gourds 220 The Princess who made Friends of the Owls 222 In the House of Bats 226 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE How the Sun appeared like the Moon 230 Queen Moo has her Destiny foretold 240 The Rejected Suitor 242 N Piece of Pottery representing a Tapir 247 Doorway of Tiahuanaco 248 Fortress at Ollantay-tampu 250 Mother and child are united 252 The Inca Fortress of Pissac 354 Making one of each nation out of the clay of the earth 258 Painted and Black Terra-cotta Vases 280 Conducting the White Llama to the Sacrifice 312 The birdlike beings were in reality women 318 A beautiful youth appeared to Thonapa 320 He sang the song of Chamayhtiarisca 322 The younger one flew away 324 His wife at first indignantly denied the accusation 326 He saw a very beautiful girl crying bitterly 328 MAPS The Valley of Mexico 330 Distribution of the Races in Ancient Mexico 331 Distribution of the Races under the Empire of the Incas 333 ^^^1>. The Descent of Quetzalcoatl CHAPTER I: THE CIVILISATIONOF MEXICO The Civilisations of the New World THERE is now no question as to the indigenousorigin of the civihsations of Mexico, Central )America, and Peru. Upon few subjects, how-ever, has so much mistaken erudition been beginnings of the races who inhabited theseregions, and the cultures which they severally created,have been referred to nearly every civilised or semi-civilised nation of antiquity, and wild if fascinatingtheories have been advanced with the intention ofshowing that civilisation was initiated upon Americansoil by Asiatic or European influence. These specula-tions were for the most part put forward by personswho possessed but a merely general acquaintance withthe circumstances of American aboriginal civilisation,and who were struck by the superficial resemblanceswhich undoubtedly exist between American and Asiaticpeoples, customs, and art-forms, but which cease to beappa
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