Moyotl (MH832r)

Moyotl (MH832r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Moyotl ("Mosquito") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph shows a mosquito in profile, facing toward the right. The proboscis is especially long. The front legs are sticking out forward, the wings are striped, the visible eye is open, and two antennae are showing.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

There was a barrio named Moyotlan, and there are still people in Mexico today who have the name Moyotl (now a clear surname). Because, as a life-giving force--blood captured the imagination of Nahuas, this may have led to a somewhat special interest in mosquitos, which suck human blood. After sucking our blood, if the insect gets squished, that blood can be made more visible.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

anto moyotl

Gloss Normalization: 

Antonio Moyotl

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: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
facing upward
profile view
Keywords: 

nombres de hombres, zancudos, mosquitos, insectos

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

moyo(tl), mosquito, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/moyotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Mosquito

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 832r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=738&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: 
See Also: 

Moyotl (MH501r)

Moyotl (MH536r)

Moyotl (MH566v)