, ▁seen ▁in ▁a ▁golden ▁pendant ▁seen ▁in ▁the ▁Code x ▁T eller iano ▁Rem ensis ' s ▁dep iction ▁of ▁Ch ant ico . ▁ ▁Deb ates ▁ ▁G ender ▁ ▁Although ▁most ▁commonly ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁a ▁female ▁de ity , ▁the ▁gender ▁of ▁Ch ant ico ▁remains ▁unclear ▁in ▁certain ▁historical ▁writ ings . ▁For ▁example , ▁the ▁Code x ▁R ios ▁presents ▁ambigu ous ▁pron oun s , ▁stating ▁Cant ico ▁they ▁say ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁who ▁offered ▁sacrifice ▁after ▁having ▁e aten ▁a ▁f ried ▁fish ; ▁and ▁that ▁in ▁consequence ▁of ▁the ▁pres umption ▁of ▁offering ▁sacrifice ▁without ▁having ▁fast ed , ▁Ton ac ate cu ht li ▁became ▁inc ensed , ▁and ▁pron ounced ▁a ▁cur se ▁against ▁him ▁( her ), ▁that ▁he ▁( she ) ▁should ▁be ▁changed ▁into ▁a ▁dog , ▁which ▁is ▁an ▁animal ▁of ▁a ▁very ▁v ora cious ▁nature ; ▁and ▁accordingly ▁they ▁named ▁him ▁( her ) ▁N ine ▁D ogs . ▁He ▁( she ) ▁pres ided ▁over ▁these ▁th ir teen ▁signs . ▁They ▁said ▁that ▁he ▁who ▁was ▁born ▁on ▁the ▁first ▁sign ▁of ▁Air ▁( W ind ) ▁would ▁be ▁health y ▁by ▁his ▁n ativity ; ▁but ▁that ▁if ▁he ▁grew ▁ill ▁of ▁p ains ▁or ▁cancer , ▁that ▁his ▁disease ▁would ▁be ▁in cur able . ▁He ▁who ▁was ▁born ▁on ▁the ▁nin th ▁sign ▁they ▁believed ▁would ▁be ▁un fortun ate , ▁because ▁that ▁sign ▁was ▁dedicated ▁to ▁sor cer ers ▁and