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Nahual vs Nagual - What's the difference?

nahual | nagual |

As nouns the difference between nahual and nagual

is that nahual is an animal form which a person may take while nagual is .

nahual

English

Alternative forms

* nagual

Noun

(en noun)
  • An animal form which a person may take.
    • She has a nahual for every day of the week.
  • A person who is able to take an animal form.
    • They suspected that the man was a nahual .

    Derived terms

    * nahualism

    See also

    * tonal ----

    nagual

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 1986 , John M. Ingham, Mary, Michael, and Lucifer: Folk Catholicism in Central Mexico , page 119:
    • If a cross of lime is painted on the bottom of a metate it becomes "too heavy" for a nagual to carry.

    Derived terms

    * nagualism ----