Chiucnauhecatl (MH712v)

Chiucnauhecatl (MH712v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This simplex glyph for the personal name, Chiucnauhecatl (“Nine-Wind”), is attested here as a man’s name. This is a calendrical name, taken from the 260-day divinatory calendar called the tonalpohualli. It features the head of the divine force of the wind (ehecatl), shown in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. The hair on this head is standing upright at the top, something in the manner of a monkey (ozomatli). The head wears a buccal mask, something like a duck bill. This mask was perceived to be for blowing wind around.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

As is often the case, the gloss here uses ecatl (which can mean air or breath) instead of ehecatl (wind). But the combination of the day sign, ehecatl, with a number (here, nine) makes it clear that this is a calendrical name and references the divine force of wind. Ehecatl has an association with monkeys, as is explained in this Mesoweb example.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

calendrics

day name

deity name/theonym

numbers

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Numbers, Math

Religion (Indigenous)

Time, Calendar, Frequency

Weather, Climate

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

viento, aliento, aire, deidades, fuerzas divinas, fuerzas sagradas, monos, nombres de hombres, calendarios, nombres de días

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

chiucnahui, nine, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chiucnahui
eca(tl), air, breath, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ecatl
eheca(tl), wind or divine force of wind, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ehecatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Nueve Viento, o 9-Viento

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 712v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=503&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).

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