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 of Bogata, in the equatorial regions, personified the moon in their female deity, Atahentsic, who was the mother of the fratricide {275} Jouskeka, or the sun,[270] betwixt whom were divided the powers of good and evil. The moon possessing the attributes of Hecate, and the sun those of Phœbus, Apollo, or Osiris the brother of Isis, or the moon.[271]*