nagual

[ nah-gwahl, -wahl ]

noun

1. a guardian spirit among Mexican and Central American Indians, believed to reside in an animal.

Other Words From

• na·gualism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of nagual¹

< Mexican Spanish nagual, nahual < Nahuatl nāhualli

Example Sentences

Nagual is the name by which the sorcerers of Mexico, Indians and aborigines of America, are still designated.

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For a nagual, as I have shown, is one thing and a totem is another; nor am I aware that Zulus are totemists.

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From this occurrence it will easily be gathered that it is highly dangerous to kill a tamaniu, nagual, or manitou.

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The form nagual instead of nahual, or naual, or nawal has been generally adopted and should be preferred.

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It is not impossible that tona is itself a compound root, including the monosyllabic radical na, which is at the basis of nagual.

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