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b.<br />

Fig. 4.22<br />

Chac (sometimes called God B)<br />

a. Chac as a warrior with armour, axe, and lightn<strong>in</strong>g serpent<br />

(from Dresden Codex page66al4S).<br />

b. Chac with flam<strong>in</strong>g serpent <strong>in</strong> mouth (detail from belt assemblage)<br />

Yaxha Stela 4,Early Classic period<br />

(draw<strong>in</strong>g by Taube, after T. Maler, L908-L0, Explorations <strong>in</strong> the Depørtment of<br />

Peten, Guntemala, ønd Ad.jacent Region. Memoirs of the Peabody Museum oiAmerican<br />

Archaeology and Ethnology 4. Harvard university, cambridge, Mass.. pl. 16.I).<br />

Draw<strong>in</strong>gs a. and b. from Fig. 6 (a) and (d) p. Z!, jn<br />

Taube, 1992, The Major Gods of Ancient yucatan.<br />

Fig.4.22

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