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of the neck of the same god. Dieseldorff excavated at 
Chama, Guatemala, several pieces of pottery with painted 
or incised representations of the Shell God.” At Chitchen 
Itza, sculptured figures on buildings often have a shell 
attached to the body. Spinden® informs us that “in 
the lower right hand corner of the Foliated Cross at 
Palenque is a shell in which is partially concealed the 
Long-nosed God. From the hands of this god issues a 
plant amid the leaves of which is a face resembling that 
of the Maize God. The shell in this connection probably 
appears as an indication of water” (see /zg. 2 on plate 
facing p. 58). T/aloc, the Mexican Rain God, is similarly 
represented in Aztec codices, possibly signifying the dry- 
ing up of the waters. 
Two interesting figures of the association of the Moon 
God with the conch-shell are given in the Dresden Maya 
manuscript.” In one (/zg. 1, plate facing p. 58), the 
Roman-nosed God (=D of Schellas) emerges from 
the shell under the water, whilst the Long-nosed God 
(=B of Schellas), identified by some with Czae, the Rain 
God of the four quarters and the equivalent of 7Z7/a/oc 
of the Mexicans, is seen on the surface of the water 
holding a fish in one hand. This figure seems to show 
the close association of these two Maya gods. In 
other representations we find these gods merging 
the one into the other; and in one case Chac, the 
Rain God, appears as the Moon God. Dr. Elliot Smith 
claims™ that the Maya Chac is the American form of the 
9S For figures see Spinden, of. cz¢., p. 84, f. 108b; Seler, Zezt. frir 
Ethnol., 42, p. 284, f. 1000. 
99 Spinden, of. cét., p. $4. 
100 See Spinden, of. cz¢., p. 83, f. 108 c & d; Forstemann, of. czt., 
p- 428, f. r05a; Seler, Z. ftir £., 42, p. 284, f. 998 and gggb. 
101 € Precolumbian Kepresentations of the Elephant in America,” 
Nature, December 16, 1915. 
