Smith, G. Elliot (Grafton Elliot), Sir, 1871-1937 · Manchester, The University press; London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green & company · leaf 127
torches. in the second row a goddess sits m the rain : her head is prolongedinto that of a bird, holding a fish in its beak. The central picture showsChac in his boat ferrying a woman across the water from the East. Thethird illustration depicts the familiar conflict between the vulture andserpent.… … Fig. 13.—A paok (the 36TH) of the Dresden .Mava Codex DRAGONS AND RAIN GODS 87 thunder-bird and the serpent, but also the identification of these tworivals in one composite monster, which, as I have aheady mentioned,is seen in the winged disks, both in the Old World and the New.Hardly any incident…
