at maturity, the suggestion would seem to be 

 that the spirit of a Chac dominates this direc- 

 tional tree. 

 T9. A Chac wearing the head dress of retrorse water lilies is 



astride a tree with an axe in his hand. Neither the pic- 

 ture nor the corresponding glyphs identify the tree. 

 Thompson notes the absence of white in the four direc- 

 tional trees. I would point out that this is the only 

 figure that wears the white water lily head dress in this 

 tetrology. This completes the four necessary colors in 

 this almanac. 



Almanac 66 (pp. 33c-39c) 



TI. A Chac with double retrorse water lilies in his head 



dress sits under a sort of temple on a dias. He holds a 



vessel over which there is a maize glyph. 

 T2. A Chac sits on a sky glyph around which a water lily 



plant seems to climb. This is called by Thompson a 



"dubious element." 

 T7. A Chac sits on a sky glyph and studies a maize glyph in 



his hand. 

 TIO. A Chac in a pool w^ears water lilies in his head dress and 



pours water from a jar which will be magically re- 



TI4, 



plenished 



Gl, 3. // tanam men is translated as ''on the fleecy 



clouds." In a stricter sense, tanam is cotton, 



Gossypium mexicanum Tod. of the Malvaceae. 



T16. A Chac is seated in a temple with the cauac, grape 



element, conspicuous. Either Vitis discolor Dalz. or K 

 sicyoides L. may be indicated. In both the stems make 

 good cordage or may be used in basketry. The leaves 

 produce a lather useful in washing, and a decoction of 

 the stem is used to cure rheumatism. 

 Gl. 4. indicates a mat woven possibly from cordage of 



Vitis (see above). 



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