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around the region, including the Ometepe Island with its two impressive mountains.

From hundreds of bundles of years ago, there was contact with another great civilization which was in great mountains of the south of the continent. It was known that the old Toltec grandparents had started its development at the same time as in the north, and that both civilizations were sisters. However, although there was contact through navigation, communications were very sporadic and very dangerous. The barrier of the forests, marshes and mangrove swamps, south of Nicarao, made it impenetrable and the long-awaited land route to join the two sisters civilizations, had never been achieved, because in each attempt, the expedition never returned.

Fire Jaguar men were received with joy and fraternity. The city authorities, led by the tlatoani, the female snake and the high priest attended Fire Jaguar personally, gave details of the journey, because transporters not only carried worship articles, they also carried news, ideas and feelings.

The Elders Council was present at the banquet offered to the travellers. Night Eagle was also invited and soon came to the conversation. Some men of the Elders Council immediately recognized him as a warrior, so from that time on he was treated differently.

The team rested for twenty days, to recover their strength to return. Now they would take gold back, which was common to find in the rivers of the region and which was used to make ceremonial objects. Gold was a symbol representing the degree of purity that matter can reach. Gold was the symbol of purity that humans aspired before “He for whom one lives". Similarly, silver and jade were used. They had the idea that luminous energy started its way back to the creative source; so it was recycling over time, increasingly purifying itself. Thus from mineral energy reached

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