T6. 



Gl. 4. Abundance of maize. 



T7. 



Gl. 2. Maize offering. 



Tl 1. This is the only known example of God X who has the 



attributes of the toad and the frog. In this picture, the 

 god is a toad as the paratoid glands that contain 

 bufoteninc are depicted quite clearly and bear three 

 black dots. In his head dress are the retrorse white 

 water lilies. These are knotted, as is usually the case 

 with a shamanic portrayal. 



T13. Chac with a water lily head dress, knotted and reversed, 



embraces the moon goddess in a act of coition. 

 Gl. 4. Abundance of maize. 



T14. A Chac sits on a jaguar skin dias contemplating a maize 



sign. In his hair are the appropriate water lilies. 



TI5. A Chac impersonates a dog carrying two torches. His 



head dress reveals his true identity and includes two 

 vegetative forms. 



T16. A Chac with a knotted, retrorse water lily head dress 



walks through the rain carrying a seed pouch. 



T17 



Gl. 4. Abundance of maize. 



Almanac 56 (pp. 40a 4 1 a) Divinatory chant 



T2. A Chac is seated on a large fish upon the back of which 



are motifs associated with the fruit of the ceiba tree, 

 Ceiba acumiimta (S. Wats.) Rose. 



Gl. 4. This is down or cotton, probably from the ceiba 



fruit. Thompson suggests that it is clouds. 

 T3. Chac is seated on a tree and holds one of two branches. 



One root terminates in a Chac head, suggesting that 



this is some kind of sacred plant. 

 T4. A Chac with a water lily head dress sits on a tank or 



pool of water and holds an unidentifiable object. 

 T5. A Chac with a water lily to the front and a knotted 



water lily to the rear, sits on the head of God D and is 



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