Opochtli (MH677r)

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Opochtli (“Left [Handed]),” is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a profile view of a man’s face, turned toward the viewer’s right. His visible eye is closed, which may mean he is deceased or sleeping. His mouth is open. Something is spewing from his mouth. It is unclear if these are meant to be speech scrolls, smoke curls, snoring sounds, coughing sounds, or maybe he has vomited. A divine force for rain and fertility was named Opochtli, so perhaps the name is meant to express something known about that deity. A near homophone, Yopochtli, was the name for the impersonator of Huitzilopochtli, the divine force for war.