different between nahual vs nagual

English

Alternative forms

• nagual

Etymology

From Spanish nahual, from Classical Nahuatl n?hualli (“sorcerer, spirit, animal form a person may take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??w??l/

Noun

nahual (plural nahuals)

1. (in Mesoamerican mythology) An animal form which a person may take.

   She has a nahual for every day of the week.

2. (in Mesoamerican mythology) A person who is able to take an animal form.

   They suspected that the man was a nahual.

Derived terms

• nahualism

See also

• narnauk
• skinwalker
• tonal

Spanish

Alternative forms

• nagual

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl n?hualli (“sorcerer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na?wal/, [na?wal]

• IPA^(key): /na??wal/, [na???wal]
• Rhymes: -al

Noun

nahual m (plural nahuales)

1. (Central America, Mexico) sorcerer

   Synonyms: brujo, hechicero

2. (Central America, Mexico) healer, witch doctor

   Synonym: curandero

3. (in Mesoamerican mythology) nahual (animal form which a person may take)

   Synonym: tonal

4. (in Mesoamerican mythology) nahual (person able to take animal form)

Descendants

• ? English: nahual

References

• “nahual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
• Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, page 93

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n???w??l/

Noun

nagual (plural naguals)

1. Alternative form of nahual
   • 1986, John M. Ingham, Mary, Michael, and Lucifer: Folk Catholicism in Central Mexico, page 119:

     If a cross of lime is painted on the bottom of a metate it becomes "too heavy" for a nagual to carry.

Derived terms

• nagualism

Anagrams

• Laguna

Spanish

Noun

nagual m (plural naguales)

1. Alternative form of nahual