Sujet
Eccentric axe with representation of the God K, the god of lightning, recognised by the torch running through his forehead and an elongageted serpentine leg
Légende
Eccentric axe with representation of the God K, the god of lightning, recognised by the torch running through his forehead and an elongageted serpentine leg, He was considered to be the personification of the lightning axe of the rain god Chac. In the Popol Vuh three lightning deities, one of them the God K, are credited with the creation of the earth and animals out of the primordial sea. Guatemala. Maya. 600 800 AD.
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Werner Forman Archive/ Private Collection
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A15_287
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
19,2Mo (567,7Ko) / 16,3cm x 29,6cm / 1924 x 3497 (300dpi)