Tlahueliloc (MH815r)

Tlahueliloc (MH815r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlahueliloc (“Wicked Person” or “Evil Spirit”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of what appears to be a wild animal in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. Its mouth is open.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

See examples of Tlahuel, below, which may refer to conjuring. If so, they may tie in with the translation of tlahueliloc as “evil spirit.”

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:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

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

Gender (male)

Mouth/Beak Open

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Personality, Behavior

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

profile view

facing right

Keywords:

conjurar, espíritu maligno, persona malvada

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlahueliloc, a wicked person or an evil spirit, frightening, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlahueliloc and https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlahueliloc-0
tlahuel, a greeting or a conjuring expression, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlahuel

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Persona Malvada, o Espíritu Maligno

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 815r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=704&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:

"ll" for l

"v" for u, uh, or hu

Historical Contextualizing Image: