Shells-Trumpets and their Distribution. 57 



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. 9 * At Chitchen 

 Itza, sculptured figures on buildings often have a shell 

 attached to the body. Spinclen" 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 Fig. 2 on plate 

 facing p. 58). Tlaloc, 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. 100 In one (Fig. I, 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 Ckac, the Rain 

 God of the four quarters and the equivalent of Tlaloc 

 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 Cliac, the 

 Rain God, appears as the Moon God. Dr. Elliot Smith 

 claims 101 that the Maya Chac is the American form of the 



* a For figures see Spinden, op. (if., p. 84, f. io8b ; Seler, Zeit. fiir 

 EthnoL, 42, p. 284, f. 1000. 



9 Spinden, op. cit., p. 84. 



100 See Spinden, op. cit., \\ 83. f. 108 c & d ; Forstemann, op. cit., 

 p. 428, f. I05a; Seler, Z. fur /f., 42, p. 284, f. 998 and 9990. 



" Precolumbian Representations of the Elephant in America," 

 Nature, December 16, 1915. 



