Citlalcolotl (MH841r)

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal Citlalcolotl (perhaps “Star-Scorpion”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a Western type star (not the starry “eye” of earlier times) with eight points. In the middle of the eight points are two concentric circles, a sharp object pierces these circles from the back. Perhaps this is a metaphorical scorpion (colotl) sting. Behind the star, the sharp object has an undulating tail that is seen off to the viewer’s right of the star. The undulation may be a nod to something twisted (col) or the verb, to bend, curve, or turn (colihui).