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36386	Spence, Lewis	The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru			.txt	text/plain	16713	802	65	The question of the origin of the religions of ancient Mexico and Peru they were of a race cognate with the Aztecs and Toltecs appears probable ancient sun and moon worship of Central America. Mexican war-god the offspring of the sun and the 'spring florescence.' But another originally totemic deity had gained high rank in the Aztec god of the cold season, and typified the dreary sun of that time of That he was not of Aztec origin but a god of the Toltecs or of The Peruvian legend of the coming to earth of the sun-race, of whom the Like the Mexicans, the Peruvians appear to have acknowledged the sun-worship which obtained in Peru at the time of the Spanish conquest. of the Sun, the constituents of the Aztec religion were almost wholly Inside the Temple of the Sun was placed a great plate of	./cache/36386.txt	./txt/36386.txt