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| | The Maya Race and Mythology |
 | | God L Dr. Schcllhas has designated "the Old Black God," from the circumstance that he is depicted as an old man with sunken face and toothless gums, the upper, or sometimes the lower, part of his features being covered with fl paint. |
 | | Professor Cyrus Thomas, of New York, thinks that he is the god Ekchuah, who is traditionally described as fl, but Schellhas fits this designation to god M. The more probable theory is that of Förstemann, who sees in L the god Votan, who is identical with the Aztec earth-god, Tepeyollotl. |
 | | A god of this description has been handed down by tradition under the name of Ekchuah, and his flness is probably symbolical of the fl or deeply bronzed skin of the porter class among the natives of Central America, who are constantly exposed to the sun. |
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