cakchiquels

Updated: June 23, 2025

In Greenland the Angekok, acting as the interpreter or mouthpiece of a supernatural being from whom men learn how they may be fortunate, foretells the condition of the weather and the fortunes of fishing. A similar combination of the offices is found among the Ainu, and apparently among the Cakchiquels, among whom the divining function is said to have related particularly to war.

Crawford Howell Toy - Introduction to the History of Religions: Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV