| Object Name: | Drawing of Buluc Chabtan, god of sudden death and sacrifice, from Dresden Codex |
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| Creation Date: | 1500 AD | |
| Culture: | Post-Classic Maya | |
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| God F, also called Buluc Chabtan, is a war and human sacrifice deity. His constant characteristic is a black line partly encircling his eyes and extending down his cheek. A war god in his own right, he is often shown burning houses with a torch in one hand while he demolishes them with a spear in the other. The concept of a war god, a god of death by violence and human sacrifice, seems to be embodied in God F, Buluc Chabtan. | ||
