[Aztlan] Chac The Rain God

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So..... what is the difference between "gods .....but deities  or 
.....divine creatures...?"

That's like arguing over if something is "half a dozen" or "six of 
something"  que no?


mario aguilar




Bertrand Lobjois wrote:
> 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>:
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>> 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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