T20. A Chac with retrorse water lilies in his head dress sits 



holding a maize glyph. He is positioned above a pond 

 of water. 



Almanac 67 (pp. 40c-4Ic) 



Tl. A Chac with a single retrorse water lily in his head dress 



paddles a canoe. 



T2. A Chac with a vessel of burning copal {Bursera siniar- 



uha sits on the earth sign. Above the vessel is the ich 



sign for burning copal. 



T3. 



Gl. 4. Maize offering. Thompson believes that the 



nodules around the sign may represent copal. 



T4. 



Gl. 4. A turkey head emerges from the maize sign 



T5. 



Gl. 4. Red maize. 



Almanac 68 (pp. 42c-45c) Divinatory 



Tl . A Chac with red body and a water lily in the back of his 



head dress is in the process of defeating the maize god. 



Gl. 4. Maize god. 



Gl. 5. Maize god. 



Gl. 6. Woe to the maize god. 

 T2. A Chac paddles a canoe and behind him is a dish of 



maize with an iguana over it. 



Gl. 5. Fresh maize seed. 



Gl. 6. Abundance of maize. 

 T3. Two Chacs, each with water lily head dresses are 



involved in a game or battle in which cords are whipped 



about and become entwined. 



Gl. 5, Maize god. 



Gl. 6. Abundance of maize. 

 T4. A Chac disguised as God B is astride a deer that is 



dying of thirst, an augury of great drought. The Chac 



has two retrorse water lilies in his head dress. In his 



hand are two feathery objects. Thompson suggests that 



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