tecuani (MH503r)

tecuani (MH503r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element for a ferocious wild animal ("literally a people-biter") shows the head of an animal in profile, looking toward the viewer's right. Its mouth is open, it is bearing its sharp teeth, and it has a large, protruding tongue. Its visible eye seems to be open.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This term sometimes seems synonymous with ocelotl (jaguar), but there may be a number of wild cats with this label.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Tongue Protruding/Noticeable
Teeth Protruding/Noticeable
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

wild cats, wildcats, ferocious wild animals, animales silvestres feroces, animales que comen personas

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

tecuani, ferocious wild animal, literally one that bites people, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuani
cua, to eat or to bite, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cua

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

una bestia feroz y salvaje

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 503r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=83&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).

See Also: 

Tecuanicpatl (MH503r)

tecuani (Mdz34r)

tecuani (Mdz13v)

ocelotl (Mdz52r)

Ocelotl (MH500r)

Ocelotl (MH505v)