nagual

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/nəˈɡwɑːl/

A form of nahual — An animal form which a person may take.

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nounnagual (plural naguals or naguales)

plural naguals · plural naguales

  1. alternativeMesoamerican mythologyAlternative form of nahual.

    ¿Quién quería tener un perro así? ... ¿Doble animal, nahual, de quién?

    2021, Pedro Mairal, chapter 6, in The Woman from Uruguay, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 73
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    If a cross of lime is painted on the bottom of a metate it becomes "too heavy" for a nagual to carry.

    1986, John M. Ingham, Mary, Michael, and Lucifer: Folk Catholicism in Central Mexico, page 119

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