The Scottish folklorist surveys the civilisations of ancient America and their beliefs: the migration legends and gods of the Aztecs, from Quetzalcoatl to Huitzilopochtli, the Maya and the ruined temples of Palenque, prophecies of the Spanish coming such as that of Chilan Balam, and the myths and sun worship of the Incas of Peru, along with theories about the origin of American man.
An engaging early overview of Mesoamerican and Andean myth; some of its theories are those of 1913. Download the free EPUB.