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ID: 901002210
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002210
Record Type: Character/Person

Chahk (Maya deity)

Note: Maya rain deity.

Names:
Chahk (Maya deity) (preferred,English-P,D)
Chaac (Maya deity) (English)
Chac (Maya deity) (English)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Amerindian iconography> (P)
........<Maya iconography> (P)
............<Maya characters> (P)
................Chahk (Maya deity) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
deity of .... rain
.....(precipitation, weather and related phenomena, earth sciences concepts, physical sciences concepts, scientific concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Maya (culture or style)
.....(Native Highland Mexican and Guatemalan styles, Native Middle American, Native American, Americas, The, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Chahk (Maya deity)
................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

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