THE HERO-GODS OF THE ALGONKINS AND IROQUOIS.

Sec.1. The Algonkin Myth of Michabo.

The Myth of the Giant Rabbit—­The Rabbit Creates the World—­He Marries the Muskrat—­Becomes the All-Father—­Derivation of Michabo—­of Wajashk, the Musk-rat—­The Myth Explained—­The Light-God as God of the East—­The Four Divine Brothers—­Myth of the Huarochiris—­The Day-Makers—­Michabo’s Contests with His Father and Brother—­Explanation of These—­The Symbolic Flint Stone—­Michabo Destroys the Serpent King—­Meaning of this Myth—­Relations of the Light-God and Wind-God—­Michabo as God of Waters and Fertility—­Represented as a Bearded Man.

Sec.2. The Iroquois Myth of Ioskeha.

The Creation of the Earth—­The Miraculous Birth of Ioskeha—­He Overcomes his Brother Tawiscara—­Creates and Teaches Mankind—­Visits his People—­His Grandmother Ataensic—­Ioskeha as Father of his Mother—­Similar Conceptions in Egyptian Myths—­Derivation of Ioskeha and Ataensic—­Ioskeha as Tharonhiawakon, the Sky Supporter—­His Brother Tawiscara or Tehotennhiaron Identified—­Similarity to Algonkin Myths.

CHAPTER III.

THE HERO-GOD OP THE AZTEC TRIBES.

Sec.1. The Two Antagonists.

The Contest of Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca—­Quetzalcoatl the Light-God—­Derivation of His Name—­Titles of Tezcatlipoca—­Identified with Darkness, Night and Gloom.

Sec.2. Quetzalcoatl the God.

Myth of the Four Brothers—­The Four Suns and the Elemental Conflict—­Names of the Four Brothers.

Sec.3. Quetzalcoatl the Hero of Tula.

Tula, the City of the Sun—­Who were the Toltecs?—­Tlapallan and Xalac—­The Birth of the Hero God—­His Virgin Mother Chimalmatl—­His Miraculous Conception—­Aztlan, the Land of Seven Caves, and Colhuacan, the Bended Mount—­The Maid Xochitl and the Rose Garden of the Gods—­Quetzalcoatl as the White and Bearded Stranger.

The Glory of the Lord of Tula—­The Subtlety of the Sorcerer Tezcatlipoca—­The Magic Mirror and the Mystic Draught—­The Myth Explained—­The Promise of Rejuvenation—­The Toveyo and the Maiden—­The Juggleries of Tezcatlipoca—­Departure of Quetzalcoatl from Tula—­Quetzalcoatl at Cholula—­His Death or Departure—­The Celestial Game of Ball and Tiger Skin—­Quetzalcoatl as the Planet Venus.

Sec.4. Quetzalcoatl as Lord of the Winds.

The Lord of the Four Winds—­His Symbols, the Wheel of the Winds, the
Pentagon and the Cross—­Close Relation to the Gods of Rain and
Waters—­Inventor of the Calendar—­God of Fertility and
Conception—­Recommends Sexual Austerity—­Phallic Symbols—­God of
Merchants—­The Patron of Thieves—­His Pictographic Representations.

Sec.5. The Return of Quetzalcoatl.

His Expected Re-appearance—­The Anxiety of Montezuma—­His Address to
Cortes—­The General Expectation—­Explanation of his Predicted Return.