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Chaac (also spelled Chac or, in Classic Mayan, Chaahk) is the name of the Maya god of rain, thunder, and lightning. With his lightning axe, Chaac strikes the clouds, causing them to produce thunder and rain.
A creator-destroyer deity, the brother of the death god Kisin (or possibly another earthquake god also known as Kisin). He is the sworn enemy of the world serpent Hapikern and it is said that, in the end of days, he will destroy Hapikern by wrapping him around himself to smother him. In some versions, this will destroy life on Earth.
Chac Chel is a powerful and ancient Mayan goddess of creation, destruction, childbirth, water, weaving and spinning, healing, and divining. She is half of the original Creator Couple, seen most often as the wife of Chaac, who is the pre-eminent god of lightning and rain, [1] although she is occasionally paired with the Creator God Itzamna in the Popol Vuh, a recording of the myths of the ...
Chac: Dios de la lluvia, also released as Chac: the Rain God and simply Chac, is a 1975 film written and directed by Rolando Klein. The film involves modern Maya peoples invoking the traditional rain deity Chaac. The film is in the Maya languages.
Chac can refer to: Chaac the Maya civilization rain god; Chac: Dios de la lluvia, a 1975 film in the Maya language; Red in the Yucatec Maya language; Clonliffe Harriers; Cannon Hill Anglican College; ChAc, Chorea acanthocytosis, a rare hereditary disease; chac, assistant to a priest in Maya society
Here Lord Chac is depicted as a Chaahk impersonator, wearing a cutaway mask of the deity, his broad hat, conch-shell trumpet, axe and incense bag. The hieroglyphic inscription transcribes as ubaah kʼahkʼ pulaj chan chaahk tzeh kab kʼin , meaning "it is the image of K'ahk' Pulaj Chan Chaahk, left hand of the sun" (transcription and ...
Maya chacmool from Chichen Itza, excavated by Le Plongeon in 1875, now displayed at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. A chacmool (also spelled chac-mool or Chac Mool) is a form of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican sculpture depicting a reclining figure with its head facing 90 degrees from the front, supporting itself on its elbows and supporting a bowl or a disk upon its stomach.
Chac-Xib-Chac was said by some scholars to be one of the names of the Red Bacab, and some experts believe that this may actually be the name of the red rain god who lived in the east. Cylindrical vessel depicting Chac-Xib-Chac and God A in the underworld, Maya , attributed to the Metropolitan Vase Painter, Mexico or Guatemala , Late Classic ...