ixayotl (Mdz59r)

This iconographic example of ixayotl (the label we are giving to this girl's tears without having a Nahuatl gloss to back up our assessment) is presented here for the purpose of making comparisons with glyphs and glyphic elements and seeking further substantiation. In this example, a girl with short hair is looking toward the viewer's left, inclining her head, and crying. Her tears are shown in two short streams, the longer one with a droplet at the end. Having these two streams seems to suggest that they are in the process of falling (showing movement). They look much like glyphs for water. The contextualizing image shows that she is kneeling with her hands tied, and the texts explains in Spanish how the mother is punishing her daughter.