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2 unusual facts about Chaac


Chaac

The main source on the 16th-century Yucatec Maya, Bishop de Landa, combines the four Chaacs with the four Bacabs and Pauahtuns into one concept.

He is present at the resurrection of the Maya maize god from the carapace of a turtle representing the earth.


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He has attributes characteristic of similar Mesoamerican deities associated with rain, thunder and lightning, such as Tlaloc of central Mexico, and Chaac (or Chaak) of the Maya civilization.


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