In
Onondaga the radicals are _onigonra_, spirit, _hio_ beautiful, _ahetken_
ugly. _Dictionnaire Francais-Onontague, edite par Jean-Marie Shea_: New
York, 1859.
[64-1] Squier, _The Serpent Symbol in America_.
[64-2] Both these legends will be analyzed in a subsequent chapter, and
an attempt made not only to restore them their primitive form, but to
explain their meaning.
[65-1] Compare the translation and remarks of Ximenes, _Or. de los Indios
de Guat._, p. 76, with those of Brasseur, _Le Livre Sacre des Quiches_,
p. 189.
CHAPTER III.
THE SACRED NUMBER, ITS ORIGIN AND APPLICATIONS.
The number FOUR sacred in all American religions, and the key to
their symbolism.--Derived from the CARDINAL POINTS.--Appears
constantly in government, arts, rites, and myths.--The Cardinal
Points identified with the Four Winds, who in myths are the four
ancestors of the human race, and the four celestial rivers watering
the terrestrial Paradise.--Associations grouped around each
Cardinal Point.
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