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nagual
[ nah-gwahl, -wahl ]
noun
- a guardian spirit among Mexican and Central American Indians, believed to reside in an animal.
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- na·gualism noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nagual1
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Example Sentences
Nagual is the name by which the sorcerers of Mexico, Indians and aborigines of America, are still designated.
For a nagual, as I have shown, is one thing and a totem is another; nor am I aware that Zulus are totemists.
From this occurrence it will easily be gathered that it is highly dangerous to kill a tamaniu, nagual, or manitou.
The form nagual instead of nahual, or naual, or nawal has been generally adopted and should be preferred.
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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