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ID: 901002069
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002069
Record Type: Character/Person

Ek Chuah (Maya deity)

Note: Maya war god and god of merchants and cacao growers.

Names:
Ek Chuah (Maya deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Ekchuah (Maya deity) (English,U)
Ek Chuaj (English,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Amerindian iconography> (P)
........<Maya iconography> (P)
............<Maya characters> (P)
................Ek Chuah (Maya deity) (P)
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 .... cacao tree (species)
.....(Theobroma (genus), Malvaceae (family), Malvales (order), Rosanae (superorder), Magnoliopsida (class), Angiospermae (division), Plantae (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
deity of .... war
.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
nationality 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:
Ek Chuah (Maya deity)
................Pillsbury et al, Golden Kingdoms: Luxury Arts (2017) 305
................Evans and Webster, Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America (2013)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Ekchuah (Maya deity)
................Evans and Webster, Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America (2013)
Ek Chuaj
................Wikipedia (2000-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................ Evans and Webster, Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America (2013)
................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ek_Chuaj#/media/File:Maya_Hieroglyphs_Fig_05.jpg

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