[Aztlan] Chac The Rain God

[Bertrand Lobjois]

Well, to me, the word "god" has a anthropomorphic aspect, inherited from our
greek and roman heritage... Remember that some colonial codices try to
compare some aztec gods with greek gods (in Codex Telleriano-Remensis or
Codex Vaticano A ?). So the frials use a word and a concept they knew well.
But comparing with japanese shintoism, we can't say they have gods but
deities. It's not the same thing. I make the same observation for the
Feathered Serpent in Teotihuacan. It's not a god. It never has an
anthropomorphic aspect.

Bertrand Lobjois

2008/1/2, micc2 en cox.net <micc2 en cox.net>:
>
>  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 en yahoo.com> <troycabo en 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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