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Ce Atl.

Headword: 
Ce Atl.
Principal English Translation: 

One Water; a calendrical name; in the Treatise, it is given as an example of how a tonalli can be summoned

(Atenango, between Mexico City and Acapulco, 1629)
Hernando Ruiz de Alarcón, Treatise on the Heathen Superstitions That Today Live Among the Indians Native to This New Spain, 1629, eds. and transl. J. Richard Andrews and Ross Hassig (Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press, 1984), 220.

Orthographic Variants: 
cē-ātl
Attestations from sources in English: 

Cē-Ātl Itonal = His-tonal Is One Water. His tonal = his day name. In the Treatise, this is a ritual name for wood or things made of wood, such as a bow or a digging stick. (Atenango, between Mexico City and Acapulco, 1629)
Hernando Ruiz de Alarcón, Treatise on the Heathen Superstitions That Today Live Among the Indians Native to This New Spain, 1629, eds. and transl. J. Richard Andrews and Ross Hassig (Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press, 1984), 220.

themes: 
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