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Fig.3.8<br />

Fig.3.8<br />

Ixchel (Goddess O ) and Chac, deities associated with water<br />

Mødríd Codex, Page 30<br />

Possibly L5th century<br />

Upper part: Chac, the ra<strong>in</strong> god, and Goddess O (Ixchel) pour<strong>in</strong>g water;<br />

Lower part: Goddess O (Ixchel) with water emerg<strong>in</strong>g from her body, as<br />

God B sits at her left. Photograph from the American Museum of Madrid,<br />

<strong>in</strong> Pierre Ivanoff, 1973, Monuments of CiuíIizøtion: Maya, 89.

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