CHAPTER XI.

GODS, SUPERNATURAL BEINGS, AND WORSHIP.

Maya Pantheon -- Zamná -- Cukulcan -- The Gods of Yucatan -- The Symbol of the Cross in America -- Human Sacrifices in Yucatan -- Priests of Yucatan -- Guatemalan Pantheon -- Tepeu and Hurakan -- Avilix and Hacavitz -- The Heroes of the Sacred Book -- Quiché Gods -- Worship of the Choles, Manches, Itzas, Lacandones, and others -- Tradition of Comizahual -- Fasts -- Priests of Guatemala -- Gods, Worship, and Priests of Nicaragua -- Worship on the Mosquito Coast -- Gods and Worship of the Isthmians -- Phallic Worship in America 461