The Myths of the New World

97

Mandans in Catlin, Letts. and Notes, i. p. 181.

98

The Mayas, Cogolludo, Hist. de Yucathan, lib. iv. cap. 8.

99

The Navajos, Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, iv. p. 89.

100

The Quichés, Ximenes, Or. de los Indios, p. 79.

101

The Iroquois, Müller, Amer. Urreligionen, p. 109.

102

For these myths see Sepp, Das Heidenthum und dessen Bedeutung für das Christenthum, i. p. 111 sqq. The interpretation is of course my own.