Chac
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Chac can refer to:
- ChaacChaacChaac is the name of the Maya rain deity. With his lightning axe, Chaac strikes the clouds and produces thunder and rain. Chaac corresponds to Tlaloc among the Aztecs.-Rain deities and rain makers:...
the Maya civilizationMaya civilizationThe Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as for its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems. Initially established during the Pre-Classic period The Maya is a Mesoamerican...
rain god - Chac: Dios de la lluviaChac: Dios de la lluviaChac: Dios de la lluvia, also released as Chac: the Rain God and simply Chac, is a 1975 film written and directed by Rolando Klein.The film involves modern Maya peoples invoking the traditional rain deity Chaac.The film is in the Maya languages...
, a 1975 film in the Maya language - Chac (1999 film)
- RedRedRed is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye, in the wavelength range of roughly 630–740 nm. Longer wavelengths than this are called infrared , and cannot be seen by the naked eye...
in the Yucatec Maya language - Clonliffe HarriersClonliffe HarriersClonliffe Harriers is a Dublin-based athletics club. They were founded in 1886, and are the oldest athletic club in Ireland. They have been based in Morton Stadium since the 1950s. The club has top-class international coaches in all disciplines and a lively training programme for all levels. The...
- CHAC, Chicago Housing Choice Voucher program
- Cannon Hill Anglican CollegeCannon Hill Anglican CollegeCannon Hill Anglican College is an independent, co-educational, day school affiliated with the Anglican Church of Australia.-History:...
- ChAc, Chorea acanthocytosisChorea acanthocytosisChorea-acanthocytosis , is a rare hereditary disease caused by a mutation of the gene that directs structural proteins in red blood cells. It belongs to a group of four diseases characterized under the name Neuroacanthocytosis. When a patient's blood is viewed under a microscope, some of the red...
, a rare hereditary disease - chac, assistant to a priest in Maya societyMaya societyMaya society shared many features with other Mesoamerican civilizations, for there was a high degree of interaction and cultural diffusion throughout the region. Although aspects such as writing and the calendar did not originate with the Maya, the Maya script and their calendar were among the...