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A Mayan inspired Rain God surrounded by animal deities.
In Mesoamerica, animals were not lower beings but neighbours, alter egos and a way to communicate with the gods.
In the Popol Vuh, animals assisted in human creation and were the guardians of the natural world.
Chaac, the Mayan god of rain is a symbolic representation of the elemental forces of nature that ensures that natural cycles of life are preserved.
In most creation myths, Gods created humans and Gods created animals.
As we are all descendants of animals, it was in fact animals that created humans and humans that created Gods.
This piece explores an alternative Creation Myth, one that laments the human-animal separation and recognizes our kinship to all lifeforms, past and present.