Xochinanacatl (MH826v)

Xochinanacatl (MH826v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Xochinanacatl (“Small Black Hallucinogenic Mushroom”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows two mushrooms, one large and one small, both with red caps and white stems. To the right of these mushrooms is a flower with four red petals and a round white center.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The nanacatl was often a hallucinogenic mushroom, as attested in our Online Nahuatl Dictionary. Its consumption could be combined with singing and dancing. One source refers to stupefaction and another mentions losing oneself. While the flower in this compound might seem logographic, it plays a role more in the name and would not necessarily grow with the mushrooms, which nevertheless might look like flowers.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

luis xochinanacatl

Gloss Normalization: 

Luis Xochinanacatl

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Flowers
Gender (male)
Intoxicating drugs, hallucinogens
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
red
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
tripartite
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
upward
right to left
Keywords: 

hongos, honguillos, flores, alucinógenos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

xochinanaca(tl), a small black mushroom that provoked visions, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochinanacatl
xochi(tl), a flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl
nanaca(tl), a mushroom, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nanacatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Honguillo Negro Alucinógeno

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 826v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=727&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

nanacatl (HJ276:79:pt3:242r)