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The nagual is considered different; where the tonal is the day spirit itself, the nagual is the familiar spirit of the day. It is probable [citation needed] that the tonal represents the daytime aspect and the nagual the nighttime aspect of the tonalli, 'the things of the day'. Practitioners of powerful magic were normally born on days related ...
Tezcatlipoca's nagual, his animal counterpart, was the jaguar. In the form of a jaguar he became the deity Tepeyollotl ("Mountainheart"). In one of the two main Aztec calendars (the Tonalpohualli), Tezcatlipoca ruled the trecena 1 Ocelotl ("1 Jaguar"); he was also patron of the days with the name Acatl ("reed").
Bak (Assamese aqueous creature); Bakeneko and Nekomata (cat); Boto Encantado (river dolphin); Itachi (weasel or marten); Jorōgumo and Tsuchigumo (spider); Kitsune, Huli Jing, hồ ly tinh and Kumiho (fox)
The jaguar is important for certain religious authorities in many Mesoamerican cultures, who often associate the jaguar as a spirit companion or nagual, which will protect the religious figures from evil spirits and while they move between the earth and the spirit realm. In order for the religious authorities to combat whatever evil forces may ...
Wayob is the plural form of way (or uay), a Maya word with a basic meaning of 'sleep(ing)', but which in Yucatec Maya is a term specifically denoting the Mesoamerican nagual, that is, a person who can transform into an animal while asleep in order to do harm, or else the resulting animal transformation itself. [1]
Tonal is a concept within the study of Mesoamerican religion, cosmology, folklore and anthropology. It is a belief found in many indigenous Mesoamerican cultures that a person upon being born acquires a close spiritual link to an animal, a link that lasts throughout the lives of both creatures.
Macuiltochtli (pronounced [makʷiɬtoːtʃtɬi], 'Five Rabbit'; from Classical Nahuatl: macuilli, 'five' + tochtli, 'rabbit') is one of the five deities from Aztec and other central Mexican pre-Columbian mythological traditions who, known collectively as the Ahuiateteo, symbolized excess, over-indulgence and the attendant punishments and consequences thereof.
Narasimha (Hindu mythology) – Avatar of Vishnu in the form of half-man/half-lion; Narecnitsi – Fate spirit; Nariphon – Pod people; Nargun – Water monster; Nasnas – Half-human, half-demon creature with half a body; Nav' – Ghost; Nawao – Savage humanoid; N-dam-keno-wet – Fish-human hybrid