“This is the account
of when
all is still silent
and placid.
All is silent
and calm.
Hushed
and empty is the womb of the sky.”Chac: Dios de la lluvia [Chac: The Rain God] (Rolando Klein, 1975)
Mar
30
mythology
The villagers light torches in preparation of the ritual. Screenshot via. DP: William B. Kaplan + Álex Phillips Jr..
Mythology on the date Wrath of the Titans (2012) was released.
With their shaman lost to alcohol, villagers make their way to a diviner in the hope to appease Chac, the rain god.
– Popul Vuh, The Primordial World
Filmed in the forests of Tenejapa, Chiapas, Chac is probably the first film completely in Tzotzil, one of several Maya languages, and based on themes found in the Popol Vuh.