teotl (MH619v)
This black-line drawing of the element for teotl (divine force, divinity, deity) doubles as the simplex glyph for the personal name Xochiteotl. It shows a small female figurine, which is one of the translations for nenetl, a female doll. But nenetl also refers to female genitals and, here, a deity image. That this is a deity image reinforces the interpretation that it is representing the word teotl.
Stephanie Wood
The evolution of the hieroglyphic representation of teotl shows a move from teotl as a half sun towards a more personalized teotl, seemingly through the influence of Christianity.
Stephanie Wood
atoo xochiteutl
Antonio Xochiteotl
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
divinities, deidades, divinidades, estatuas
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teo(tl), divinity, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teotl
Deidad
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 619v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=321st=image.
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