Cihuatlatlati (MH742r)

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cihuatlatlati (“Woman Who Makes Fire,” “Woman Who Guards,” or “Woman Who Murderers”) is attested here as a woman’s name. The glyph is simply the head of a woman, in profile and facing toward the viewer’s left. Her hair is long and straight; she does not have the usual hairstyle of a grown and/or married cihuatl (woman). The multiple readings of the verbs tlatlati and tlatlatia make it difficult to understand what is meant by this glyph beyond “woman.”