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Another representation of the Elephant-headed Rain god

Another representation of the Elephant-headed Rain god.jpg For two days and two nights the boat was tossed hither and thitherThumbnailsReproduction of a Picture in the Maya Codex Troano representing the Rain-god Chac treading upon the Serpent's headFor two days and two nights the boat was tossed hither and thitherThumbnailsReproduction of a Picture in the Maya Codex Troano representing the Rain-god Chac treading upon the Serpent's headFor two days and two nights the boat was tossed hither and thitherThumbnailsReproduction of a Picture in the Maya Codex Troano representing the Rain-god Chac treading upon the Serpent's headFor two days and two nights the boat was tossed hither and thitherThumbnailsReproduction of a Picture in the Maya Codex Troano representing the Rain-god Chac treading upon the Serpent's headFor two days and two nights the boat was tossed hither and thitherThumbnailsReproduction of a Picture in the Maya Codex Troano representing the Rain-god Chac treading upon the Serpent's head

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.