nahualli (MH488r)

nahualli (MH488r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

The image of this shape-shifting spirit (nahualli) is a simplex glyph that is a copy of the simplex glyph for the personal name Nahualix (MH488r).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Nahuales, Sorcery, Divining
Religion (Indigenous)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle (half)
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
circle, circular or rounded
Keywords: 

nahuales, ojos, visión encantada

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

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

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

nahual

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 488r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=207&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: 
See Also: 

Nahualix (MH488r)