Chac Mool is a short story by Carlos Fuentes that tells the tale of a man who becomes obsessed with an ancient Aztec statue. It explores themes of power, possession, and the clash between modernity and tradition.

In contemporary culture A man named Filiberto buys a chacmool for his art collection, and discovers that the stone is slowly becoming flesh. The idol eventually becomes fully human, dominating his life, causing flooding and other disasters. Filiberto dies by drowning.

At Tula and Chiche'n Itza', the chacmool was usually placed in the antechamber of a temple presumably to receive offerings or for sacrifice. Aztec chacmools exhibit Tla'loc iconography, and the one unearthed at the Templo Mayor was found on the side of the Great Temple dedicated to Tla'loc.

The narrator's final description of the Indian who answers the door at the end of the story is clearly one of a man in drag. He wears a bathrobe with a scarf around his neck; his face is powdered, his hair dyed, and lipstick is smeared on his mouth.