Quetzalpapalo (MH738r)
This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Quetzalpapalo (“Quetzal Butterfly”) is attested here as a woman’s name. It shows a butterfly (papalotl) in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. Only one wing is visible, and it is divided into two parts. The left edge of the wing has a scalloped design. Above the head of the butterfly are three upright feathers, presumably the quetzal (quetzalli) feathers.
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
quetzales, mariposas, insectos, nombres de mujeres, feathers, plumas
quetzal(li), quetzal feathers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quetzalli
papalo(tl), butterfly, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/papalotl
Quetzal-Mariposa
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 738r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=554&st=image
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