Quetzalcoayaotehua (MH693r)

Quetzalcoayaotehua (MH693r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Quetzalcoayaotehua (“Feathered Serpent Goes to War”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a profile of a serpent (coatl) looking toward the viewer’s right. Its bifurcated tongue is protruding, and its eye is open. Its body is spotted, it has a coil near the tail, and the rattler hangs down below the body. Above the snake’s back are three quetzalli (quetzal feathers). None of the visuals represent the -yaotehua part of the name that is about going off to war.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Quetzalcoatl is a very important divine force, but it is not a common name for tribute payers. See below for some examples.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

marcos guetzalcovayaotegva

Gloss Normalization:

Marcos Quetzalcoayaotehua

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:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Feathers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Tongue Protruding/Noticeable

War or Conflict

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives:

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

spotted or mottled

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

downward

Keywords:

serpientes, víboras, culebras, plumas, quetzales, guerra, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Quetzalcoatl, a personal name, a deity, and a priest, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quetzalcoatl
quetzal(li), quetzal feathers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quetzalli
coa(tl), snake, serpent, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Serpiente Emplumado Se Va a la Guerra

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 693r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=466&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).

Orthography:

"g" for c, q, or x

"v" for u, uh, or hu

intrusive "v"

Historical Contextualizing Image: