Ecachapol (MH721r)

Ecachapol (MH721r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Ecachapol (perhaps “Wind-Grasshopper”) is attested here as an elite Nahua man’s name. The contextualizing image shows him seated and wearing a cape. The glyph shows a grasshopper in profile, facing toward the viewer’s left. The head of the grasshopper wears the distinctive buccal mask of the divine force of the wind, Ehecatl.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The use of Ecatl in the orthography when the imagery includes the distinctive mask of Ehecatl is not at all unusual. This is the only example of a name that combines ecatl with chapolin in this collection (at least as of July 2024). Perhaps a similar name is Ecapapalotl (below).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juā ecachapol

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Ecachapol

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Syntax: 
Writing Features: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
Keywords: 

chapulines, viento, aliento, brisas, aire, religión indígena, nombres de deidades, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Viento-Chapulín

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 721r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=520&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: