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sun, or the fire god, who was at the same time the god of the chase 

 and of war; the female deity, with the earth or the water, the element 



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Pig. ti2. Deity of the morning star, from a Mexican codex. 



which imparts fruitfulness to the earth. Thus in the Tonalamatl of 

 the Aubin collection, on the jfirst page, the fire god and the water god- 



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Fig. 63. Fifjnres of the deity of the morning star, from Mexican codices. 



dess are placed opposite one another as rulers of the first section of 

 the calendar. 



