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: 
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Syntax: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
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).

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