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 <sup>(Also //Chaac, Chaahk//)</sup>
-**Chaak** is the primary [[rain]] [[kuloob|God]] of the [[lowland Maya]]. Like His [[Aztecs|Aztec]] counterpart [[Tlaloc]], Chaak's rain-God [[cultus|cult]] is ancient and is attested to at least the [[Olmec]] period, and likely earlier. He and Tlaloc share a common origin in [[Teotihuacan]] before they branched off into separate Deities in the [[rain Gods|rain]] [[god-complexes|god-complex]]. Because Chaak is a Deity of the Maya, His cultus pre-dates the named Aztec Tlaloc by hundreds of years.
+**Chaak** is the primary [[rain]] [[kuloob|God]] of the [[maya#lowland|lowland Maya]]. Like His [[Aztecs|Aztec]] counterpart [[Tlaloc]], Chaak's rain-God [[cultus|cult]] is ancient and is attested to at least the [[Olmec]] period, and likely earlier. He and Tlaloc share a common origin in [[Teotihuacan]] before they branched off into separate Deities in the [[rain Gods|rain]] [[god-complexes|god-complex]]. Because Chaak is a Deity of the Maya, His cultus pre-dates the named Aztec Tlaloc by hundreds of years.
+Chaak's name derives from the Proto-Mayan word for "thunder." The Deity's name had become distinct from the words for "rain" or "thunder" used in common speech relatively early in the development of the language family. The first iconographic appearance of Chaak only dates to the Late Preclassic (approx. 350BC to 250AD), while the first logographic, or written evidence, comes from the Early Classic.[(//Who are the oldest known Mayan gods? I know Chac, K'awil and Itzamna go pretty far back//, https://www.reddit.com/r/Mayan/comments/10bxw8y/who_are_the_oldest_known_mayan_gods_i_know_chac/)] He is known as God B in the [[Schellhas Zimmermann Taube classification]] system.
 Unlike Tlaloc, Chaak's dwelling places are more subterranean: [[cenote|cenotes]], or limestone wells, caves, and the interiors of mountains.
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 ===== Timeline =====
-====Classic Period Narrative====
+====Classic Period ====
-About Chaahk's role in Classic period mythological narrative, little is known. He is present at the resurrection of the Maya maize god from the carapace of a turtle, possibly representing the earth. The so-called 'confrontation scenes' are of a more legendary nature. They show a young nobleman and his retinue wading through the waters and being approached by warriors. One of these warriors is a man personifying the rain deity. He probably represents an ancestral king, and seems to be referred to as Chak Xib [Chaahk].[(García Barrios 2009: 18-21)] Together with the skeletal Death God (God A), Chaahk also appears to preside over an initiate's ritual transformation into a jaguar.
+About Chaak's role in Classic period mythological narrative, little is known. He is present at the resurrection of the Maya maize god from the carapace of a turtle, possibly representing the earth. The so-called 'confrontation scenes' are of a more legendary nature. They show a young nobleman and his retinue wading through the waters and being approached by warriors. One of these warriors is a man personifying the rain Deity. He probably represents an ancestral king, and seems to be referred to as Chak Xib [Chaak].[(García Barrios 2009: 18-21)] Together with the skeletal Death God (God A), Chaak also appears to preside over an initiate's ritual transformation into a [[jaguar]].
 ===== Myths =====
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 =====In Popular Culture=====
-Chaac is featured in Marvel Comics as part of the Ahau (a pantheon of gods worshipped by the Maya people).[8] In Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, he is revered as a god by Namor and the inhabitants of Talokan.
+Chaak is featured in Marvel Comics as part of the Ahau (a pantheon of gods worshipped by the Maya people).[(Thor & Hercules: Encyclopaedia Mythologica #1. Marvel Comics)] In //Black Panther: Wakanda Forever//, he is revered as a god by Namor and the inhabitants of Talokan.
-Chaac is a playable warrior in SMITE.
+Chaak is a playable warrior in SMITE.
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-{{tag>stub k'ulo'ob rain_gods creator_gods}}
+{{tag>deities kuloob review }}