Part 37 (1/2)

Seven provinces.

BRITAIN.

Seven kings=heptarchy.

Four kings of Kent=tetrarchy.

IRELAND.

Seven sanctuaries grouped around central tower.

Four a.s.sociates of king of Erin.

Group consisting of 12+1=13 stone figures, p. 469.

SCANDINAVIA.

Four guardians of four quarters.

Thor, supreme divinity, pole-star G.o.d, seated and holding ”seven stars,”

the symbol of seven-fold power, in his hand.

Group consisting of royal throne surrounded by 12 stones. Odin a.s.sociated with twelve ”G.o.des,” p. 472.

NORTH AMERICA.

Huron confederacy=seven tribes, quadriform city, 24=8 gentes, p. 198.

ZUNI.

Seven directions in s.p.a.ce, seven quarters of city, seven tribes, seven towns.

Four bands of priests, p. 201.

Twelve, _i. e._, thirteen priesthoods, p. 201.

MEXICO.

Seven tribes issued from seven caves, seven G.o.ds or chiefs, p. 62.

Four quarters of city, represented by four chieftains, four subrulers, four divisions of army, four year signs, four tribes, four tribal trees (fig. 52), four storied pyramids.

Thirteen divisions or parts, p. 181.

Calendar and state organized into 413=52 parts.

YUCATAN.

t.i.tle of ruler, ”the divine Four,” four sub-rulers, four royal brothers, four-year periods, p. 218, four quarters, p. 223, four year signs.

Twelve _i. e._ thirteen priest-rulers of Mayapan, p. 209.