Nahualecaxoc (MH904v)

Nahualecaxoc (MH904v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Nahualecaxoc (perhaps "Shape Shifting Breeze") is attested here as a man's name. It shows the head of a person in profile, facing toward the viewer's left. Something is on the person's head, hanging over the forehead and reaching back to the neck or lower. The nahualli (shape-shifting spirit) was believed to be attached to one's head. The breeze (-ecaxoc) in the name is not shown visually.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

di^o nahuallecaxoc

Gloss Normalization:

Diego Nahualecaxoc

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:

Anatomy, human body parts

Feathers

Gender (male)

Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Race, Ethnicity, Identity

Religion (Indigenous)

Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing left

profile view

Keywords:

nahuales, espiritus, brisas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

nahual(li), a shape-shifting spirit, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nahualli
ecaxoc(tli), breeze, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ecaxoctli

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 904v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=881&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: