Cihuateotl (MH792r)

Cihuateotl (MH792r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This is a black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cihuateotl (literally "Female Divinity," but also a name given to noble men of Huexotzinco). The name is attested here as a man's name, too. It shows a frontal view of the head of a nenetl (deity image), with its squared-off protrusions on the top of its head. The cihuateotl was a haunting female divinity (see our online dictionary).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

gaspar çihuateotli

Gloss Normalization:

Gaspar Cihuateotl (or Cihuateotli, a possible variant)

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

deity name/theonym

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (female)

Gender (male)

Names (men's, but w/ female dimension)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Religion (Indigenous)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

Keywords:

nombres de hombres, deidades, fuerzas divinas, mujeres, femenil, dioses, diosas

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cihuateo(tl), a weeping female supernatural, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cihuateotl
cihua(tl), woman, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cihuatl
teo(tl), a divine or sacred force, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teotl
nene(tl), a doll; a deity's image, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nenetl

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 792r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=658&st=image

Image Source, Rights:

This manuscript is hosted by the Library of Congress and the World Digital Library; used here with the Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SAq 3.0).

Orthography:

"çi" for ci

"r" for l

Historical Contextualizing Image: