[Aztlan] Chac The Rain God

[Justin Kerr]

Dear Friends,
I am afraid Claude is playing with words. Below is the entry from the
Merriam-Webster dictionary
Main Entry:deity
Pronunciation:*d*-*-t*, *d*-
Function:noun 
Inflected Form:plural -ties 
Etymology:Middle English deitee, from Old French deit*, from Late Latin
deitat-, deitas, from Latin deus god; akin to Old English T*w, god of war,
Latin divus god, dies day, Greek dios heavenly, Sanskrit deva heavenly, god
Date:14th century

1 a : the rank or essential nature of a god : DIVINITY  b capitalized   :
GOD 1, SUPREME BEING
2 : a god or goddess *the deities of ancient Greece*
3 : one exalted or revered as supremely good or powerful
Justin

-----Original Message-----
From: aztlan-bounces at lists.famsi.org [mailto:aztlan-bounces at lists.famsi.org]
On Behalf Of Bertrand Lobjois
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 4:31 PM
To: mario malo
Cc: Aztlan
Subject: Re: [Aztlan] Chac The Rain God

About Maya gods, have a look on Claude Baudez's publication in the
last Arqueologia
Mexicana edition. According to him, the Mayas didn't have gods but deities
or divine creatures...

Bertrand LOBJOIS
Universidad de Monterrey

2007/12/26, mario malo <troycabo at yahoo.com>:
>
> Listeros,  Chac: The Rain God,   A Visually striking, Suspenseful,
> Hypnotic film! I found this DVD film at my Library in Sacramento, Ca.,
The
> caption reads:  A cult film from the 1970s, lost for years and now newly
> restored, Chac: The Rain God is based on the ritual and legends from the
> Popul Vuh, as well as Tzeltal and Mayan stories. This gorgeous film, shot
in
> the Chiapas region of Mexico by Chilean director Rolando Klein, focuses on
a
> small Tzeltal village during a terrible drought. Desperate for relief,
> thirteen men set out on a quest to save their people from starvation. They
> seek a solitary Diviner who lives in the mountains and knows the ways of
the
> Ancients; they hope that he can summon Chac, the Rain God. The Diviner
takes
> them far from their own land on a strange journey - a trek that challenges
> their beliefs and even their own sanity.  A wonderful film,   Mario F.
Malo
>
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