Tlaltetecuin (MH706r)

Tlaltetecuin (MH706r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlaltetecuin (perhaps “Earth Stomper” or “Earth Pounder”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a human leg in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. It rests on the top edge of a bird’s eye view of a piece of agricultural land (tlalli).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This piece of land has an elaborate border containing what appear to be beads (perhaps chalchihuitl). It also looks similar to the glyph for Tlalicuilol on MH551r.
Tlaltetecuin and Ixtlilton were related deities associated with medicine and dances that bring health, but also with the communication between humans and the divine world. For more information, see Katarzyna Mikulska, Tejiendo Destinos (2015).

Might earth pounding have something to do with earthquakes? Or might an Earth stomper be a dancer? Or perhaps one who is tamping down the ground after seeding it? Assistance with the interpretation of this glyph and the deity name would be appreciated.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

pablo tlalteteCui

Gloss Normalization:

Pablo Tlaltetecuin

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

deity name/theonym

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

reduplication (in gloss/text)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (male)

Landscape Features

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Keywords:

piernas, sementeras, agriculture, pisotear, golpear, bailar, terremotos, tierras, nombres de fuerzas divinas, nombres de deidades, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Tlaltetecuin, the name of a divine force or deity, Ixtlilton, the Earth Stomper, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaltetecuin
tlaltecuini, for many people to stomp their feet, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaltecuini
tlal(li), land, earth, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, El Pisoteador de la Tierra

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 706r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=490&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:

dropped "n"

Historical Contextualizing Image: