Sentences with phrase «rain god»

It just started pouring again and I immediately started my prayers to Maya rain God Chac — «Please let the sky clear enough for Bandage International and the documentary camera crew at 8:30 am to get their equipment to Maya Air dry.»

In its aftermath, Holland encounters a vibrant cast of characters — including Anton Ling, an enigmatic woman whose home is a place of refuge to desperate immigrants, and the riveting Preacher Jack Collins, a terrifying serial killer, who had seemingly died at the end of Rain Gods.

Masks of the face of the Mayan rain god Chaac with his long and upwardly curved nose could be seen on the corners of the buildings.

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WIll these creationists allow that to be taught as well??? Rain god, fire god, god of creation, god of destruction????

«Hardy was convinced that there is a malevolent rain god,» says Matthews, «so he would send an assistant outside carrying an umbrella to trick the god and ensure that it wouldn't rain on Hardy's cricket match that day.»

It was Chac, the Maya rain god.

The central plaza with the pyramid temple, know as El Castillo, was dedicated to the Mayan rain god Chaac.

Rain Gods by James Lee Burke.

So 3000 years ago people had rain gods, sun gods and moon gods and gods for any other phenomena they couldn't understand.

We got rid of the Sun gods, the rain gods, the cult of Mithrias is gone, all the gods in Norse, Greek, Roman, Egyptian mythologies have been disavowed.

We must seem very strange to Christians of the Third World, for example, in talking about love but then building economic dams so that we can control those rains God sends from heaven on the just and on the unjust.

This amounts to an elevation of the biological process that sounds more like the rain god Baal fertilizing passive mother earth than the Lord of Israel.

When I say «God bless you» I don't think that I'm using my Christian super powers to rain God's blessings on you.

Ancient peoples practiced this ritual with a goat or sometimes with a human sacrifice to appease the volcano gods anger, or because of the rain god hadn't come etc..

So, I texted Thom and asked him to send good vibes to the rain gods.

Speaking to Bola Ray on Starr Chat Wednesday, Mrs Ayoade said although the two musicians are good at their jobs, she prefers the «rain god» ahead of the «dancehall king».

With names like the rain god, Samini, Efya, reining VGMA Artiste of the Year, Joe Mettle, Adina, King Promise, Kidi, Kuami Eugene, MzVee, Fancy Gadam, Kwesi Arthur, Sarkodie, Tiwa Savage from Nigeria, Nasty C from south Africa and a host of others all representing the various genres, the 19th Vodafone Ghana Music awards will definitely go down in history as one of the very best.

The revenge of the rain gods: Japan is in the middle of a drought.

Their offerings to the rain god had been insufficient.

Controlling the weather has been an elusive goal throughout history: The Maya of Chichén Itzá in Mexico sacrificed humans to their rain god, Chac, and during the Vietnam War, the U.S. military seeded monsoon clouds with silver iodide to trigger torrential downpours.

I had a long sit down with the rain gods today and told them straight up that Houstonians think the rain has worn out its welcome.

So I'm reaching out to all the cool weather and rain gods The Wimpy Vegetarian recently posted..

We didn't get much time with what is commonly known as wind - in - the - hair - experience thanks to the rain gods.

Mazda apparently has a happy knack for handing us a new model updated with G - Vectoring Control just in time for Melbourne's rain gods to provide the ideal test environment.

In this sequel to his 2009 novel, Rain Gods, Burke returns to the hard - scrabble Texas town on the Mexican border, and its contemplative sheriff Hackberry Holland.

The rain gods have been generous in most parts of India this year though there is also a different kind of rain that the Indians are having to contend with.

Offerings of ground cocoa and sacrifices of birds, dogs or children were often made to the gods, especially to Chac, the rain god.

Along with Chac (rain god) and Yum Kax (corn god), Kinich Ahau was among the most important deities in the Maya pantheon.

Probably to Chac, the rain god.»

To ensure that the rain god Chac would bring life giving rains, it was expected that people would provide him with prescribed ritual offerings.

She and Andrew Kinkella of California's Moorpark College explored the cenote and found that more offerings to Chaak, the Maya rain god, were placed in the shrine after a widespread drought hit the Maya region.

It is believed the cenote was used by Mayans for ceremonial purposes, including human sacrifices to the Mayan rain god.

The generosity of the rain gods is evident in the abundant rainfall Kauai receives - it's the «wettest place on earth.»

It honors both Laka, the Hawaiian goddess of hula, and Kuka'ohi» aalaka, the rain god.

Distinctly Mayan, the frescoes represent the Chaac the rain god, and Ixchel, the goddess of weaving, women, the moon, and medicine.

On the cornice of this temple is a relief of the head of Chaac the rain god.

The first level represents the Mayan world of the dead, the middle is that of the living, and the final, highest piece, is of the creator and rain gods.

However, the Maya believed that the interior of the cave was more sacred and closer to the Maya Rain God, Chaak.

The Maya believed that the Rain God, Chaak, lived in caves, and that many caves were entrances to the underworld, or Xibalba, the «Place of Fear.»

Those sacrifices were possibly a form of worship to chac, who was the Maya rain god.

Located six kilometers to the east of Chichen Itza, Balancanche was a sacred place for ancient Mayan priests who visited the cave to perform rites in honor of Chaac, the rain god.

The Associated Press reports that the court decided that Keith Cressman «can sue the state over its Indian «rain god» license plate, ruling that the depiction of a noted sculpture on 3 million license plates could be interpreted as a state endorsement of a religion.»

According to Cressman's suit, the sculpture is based on a Native American legend and shows an Apache warrior shooting an arrow into the sky so that the «rain god» or «spirit world» would answer prayers for rain in a time of drought.

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