Nahualecaxoc (MH904v)

Nahualecaxoc (MH904v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Nahualecaxoc (perhaps "Shape Shifting Breeze") is attested here as a man's name. It shows the head of a person in profile, facing toward the viewer's left. Something is on the person's head, hanging over the forehead and reaching back to the neck or lower. It may contain some feathers. The nahualli (shape-shifting spirit) was believed to be attached to one's head. The breeze (-ecaxoc) in the name is not shown visually.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

di^o nahuallecaxoc

Gloss Normalization:

Diego Nahualecaxoc

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:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Feathers

Gender (male)

Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Race, Ethnicity, Identity

Religion (Indigenous)

Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing left

profile view

Keywords:

nahuales, espiritus, brisas, feathers, plumas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

nahual(li), a shape-shifting spirit, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nahualli
ecaxoc(tli), breeze, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ecaxoctli

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 904v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=881&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: