10-15-2011, 12:00 AM
excuse me, I don't usually read this forum, today i ended up here following a link. i probably wont be around to reply further, but if i may offer some linguistic etymology here it is.
BarefootinSand: The reason why your wikipedia article showed nothing is because you wrote "nahuatl)," instead of writing nahuatl. Focus your attention. The correct link is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahuatl
The word nagual comes from the Nahuatl word nahualli (Nagual & Nahualli are both pronounced na'wal)
The study of Nagualism was initiated by noted archaeologist, linguist and ethnologist Daniel Garrison Brinton who published a treatise called "Nagualism: A Study in Native-American Folklore and History" which chronicled historical interpretations of the word and those who practiced nagualism in Mexico in 1894. He identified the different beliefs associated with nagualism in some modern Mexican communities such as the Mixes, the Nahuas, the Zapotecs and Mixtecs.
Subsequently many studies have described Nagualism in many different Mesoamerican cultures such as the Zoques,the Jakaltek Maya, the K'iche', the Q'eqchi' and the Tzeltal.
Other nahuatl words have become common in english, via spanish, like avocado (from Nahuatl ahuacatl).
BarefootinSand: The reason why your wikipedia article showed nothing is because you wrote "nahuatl)," instead of writing nahuatl. Focus your attention. The correct link is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahuatl
The word nagual comes from the Nahuatl word nahualli (Nagual & Nahualli are both pronounced na'wal)
The study of Nagualism was initiated by noted archaeologist, linguist and ethnologist Daniel Garrison Brinton who published a treatise called "Nagualism: A Study in Native-American Folklore and History" which chronicled historical interpretations of the word and those who practiced nagualism in Mexico in 1894. He identified the different beliefs associated with nagualism in some modern Mexican communities such as the Mixes, the Nahuas, the Zapotecs and Mixtecs.
Subsequently many studies have described Nagualism in many different Mesoamerican cultures such as the Zoques,the Jakaltek Maya, the K'iche', the Q'eqchi' and the Tzeltal.
Other nahuatl words have become common in english, via spanish, like avocado (from Nahuatl ahuacatl).