Xopanteotl (MH771r)
This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Xopanteotl (perhaps "Growing Season Divine Force") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph shows a stone (tetl), which is a phonetic indicator for teotl (a divine or sacred force). The stone has curling ends and a diagonal stripe across the middle. Above the stone is apparently a new little plant, with perhaps four leaves and a spiraling stem (something like a fern fiddlehead, possibly), which is likely a reference to new growth and therefore xopan-, referring to the rainy (or growing) season.
Stephanie Wood
juo xopateotl
Juan Xopanteotl
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
agricultura, temporada verde, plantas, fuerzas divinas, piedras, nombres de hombres, nombres de deidades
xopan, in the growing season, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xopan
teo(tl), sacred or divine force, divinity, deity, God, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teotl
Fuerza Divina de Crecimiento Agrícola
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 771r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=616&st=image
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