Another representation of the Elephant-headed Rain god
Another representation of the Elephant-headed Rain god. He is holding thunderbolts, conventionalised in a hand-like form. The Serpent is converted into a sac, holding up the rain-waters.
Representation of the ancient Mexican Worship of the Sun
The image of the sun is held up by a man in front of his face; two men blow conch-shell trumpets; another pair burn incense, and a third pair make blood-offerings by piercing their ears.
Huitzilopochtli (front)
Huitzilopochtli (front) Maya God of War
Huitzilopochtli (back)
Huitzilopochtli (back) Mayan God of War
Adoratorio
This represents the “Adoratorio or Alta Casa, No. 3” of Palenque. This is nothing else than the temple of the god Huitzilopochtli and of his equal, Tlaloc.
The Palenquean Group of the Cross
The Palenquean Group of the Cross
Huitzilopochtli (side)
Huitzilopochtli (side)
Yucatec Stone
Yucatec Stone
Tablet at Palenque
Tablet at Palenque
Statue at Copan
Statue at Copan
Maya War God
Maya War God This represents Huitzilopochtli, or rather, the Yucatec equivalent of this Aztec god.
Maya Rain God
This I take to be the sorcerer Tlaloc. He is blowing the wind from his mouth; he has the eagle in his head-dress, the jaw with grinders, the peculiar eye, the four Tlaloc dots over his ear and on it, the snake between his legs, curved in the form of a yoke (this is known to be a serpent by the conventional crotalus signs of jaw and rattles on it in nine places), the four Tlaloc dots again in his head-dress, etc. He has a leopard skin on his back (the tiger was the earth in Mexico) and his naked feet have peculiar anklets which should be noticed.
Statue at Copan
Statue at Copan