they might be torches. They are not red as is usual with 

 most fire depictions. 



Almanac 69 (pp. 65a-69a) Divinatory 



Tl. A Chac stands with a raised axe and shield as though 



prepared for combat. In his head dress are the two 

 retrorse water lilies. 

 Gl. 6. Maize god. 



T2. A Chac, with the retrorse water lily head dress, walks 



carrying a sort of cornucopia of seed (cacao beans?) 

 from which there is suspended a long-pedicellate water 

 lily in bud, showing the three-parted calyx, still another 

 representation of this flower. Since glyph 5 suggests 

 dark water, it lends support to the identification inso- 

 much as water lilies must grow in still water. Streams, 

 rivers or seas will not support their growth. 



T3. A Chac wearing the head dress of God K, including 



water lilies, stands grasping a fish. 

 Gl. 5. Abundance of maize. 

 Gl. 6. Time of the maize god. 



T4. A Chac with a water lily head dress is dressed for 



T6. 



T7. 



combat. 



Gl. 6. Woe to the maize god 



Gl. 4. Cotton thread. 



T8. A Chac walks with spear and seed bag. 



T9. A Chac holds a sac containing what has been suggested 



by Thompson as God K about to be born. Accompany- 

 ing glyphs indicate cotton and black together which 

 Thompson takes to be clouds. Certainly the opening of 

 the fruit of Gossypium suggests birth and the fibers 

 might suggest the placenta in which is found the seed. 

 Gl. 6. Maize god. 



TIO. Two Chacs, each with one white water lily in his head 



dress, sit back to back. One is in the rain. 

 Gl. 5. Good tidings for maize. 



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