Texixicoyotl (MH670r)

Texixicoyotl (MH670r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Texixicoyotl (perhaps, “Magic Coyote”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of a coyote (coyotl) in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. His ears are standing up, his eye is open, his teeth are visible, and his tongue protrudes. Surrounding his head are short squiggly lines and what appear to be tesserae. These added marks may allude to the animal’s deceptive, magical, or sacred powers (texixi-).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Similar marks surround the flower in the glyph for Xochiteotl on this same side of the folio. In that case, the marks appear to add an aura of divinity to the flower. Perhaps here, too, it adds a supernatural dimension. A few other glyphs in this collection include squiggly lines or radiating lines, which seem to suggest something supernatural. See the examples below of Cuauhtzitzimitl, Inehuiyan, Nentlamati, Tlazoocnen, and Achiteotl.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

adjective

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

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

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Personality, Behavior

Religion (Indigenous)

Teeth Protruding/Noticeable

Tongue Protruding/Noticeable

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

profile view

facing right

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

outward (from inside out)

Keywords:

coyotes, animales, sobrenatural, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

texixicoani, one who deceives and mocks others, or a magician, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/texixicoani
coyo(tl), coyote, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coyotl
texixiuhtlati, one who is annoying, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/texixiuhtlati

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Coyote Mágico

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 670r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=420&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:

"v" for u, uh, or hu

Historical Contextualizing Image: