tzitzimitl (Mdz20r)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 
This multicolored image shows an iconographic example for the noun tzitzimitl.
Description, Credit: 
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript: 
Date of Manuscript: 
c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 
Xitlali Torres
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Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
tzitzimi(tl), a divine force associated with the western sky that tormented people, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzitzimitl
Image Source: 
Codex Mendoza, folio 20 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 50 of 188.
Image Source, Rights: 
The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, hold the original manuscript, the MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1. This image is published here under the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0).
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