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Indigenous ethnic group in Mesoamerica
for merging. › The Nahuas (/ˈnɑːwɑːz/ NAH-wahz) are a Uto-Nahuan ethnic group and one of the Indigenous people of Mexico, with Nahua minorities also in
Nahuas
Topics referred to by the same term
The Nahua are an indigenous people of Mexico and Central America. Nahua may also refer to: Nahuatl, the language of the Nahuas Nahuan languages, a subgroup
Nahua_(disambiguation)
Uto-Aztecan language of Mexico
Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about 1.7 million Nahuas, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have smaller populations
Nahuatl
Alliance of three Nahua city states in Mexico (1428–1521)
individuals. State authorities meted out punishments solely. The Nahuas enshrined Nahua mores in these laws, criminalizing public acts of homosexuality
Aztec_Empire
Pre-Columbian Nahua state confederation
Honduras. They are a subgroup of Nahua people, who can also be known as Nawats, Nahuats, or Southern Nahuas.[citation needed] Nahua people originally resided
Cuzcatlan
Pre-Columbian state in present-day central Mexico (1348–1520)
(1952). Tlaxcala in the Sixteenth Century. Yale University Press. p. 1. "Nahuas de Tlaxcala - Etnografía - Atlas de los Pueblos Indígenas de México. INPI"
Tlaxcala_(Nahua_state)
Nahua ethnic group of Nicaragua
Nicarao territory. Although they are Nahuas, they're erroneously known by the exonym "Nicarao", which was not what the Nahuas of Nicaragua called themselves
Nicarao_people
Nahuatl-speaking Indigenous people of the Valley of Mexico
Aztecs themselves)" Lockhart 1992, p. 1 writes, "These people I call the Nahuas, a name they sometimes used themselves and the one that has become current
Mexica
plants among the Nahuas and Popolucas of Veracruz, Mexico. Agriculture and Human Values V25 65-77. Huber, Brad R. "The Recruitment of Nahua Curers: Role Conflict
Nahuas_of_La_Huasteca
Tribe of Nahua people
The Cuyuteco people, also known as Cuyuteca, was a tribe of the Nahua culture, that lived primarily in the Pre-Columbian Mixtlán region of Xalisco, in
Cuyuteco
Medicine in Aztec folklore
hundreds of different medicinal herbs and plants. A variety of indigenous Nahua and Novohispanic written works survived from the conquest and later colonial
Aztec_medicine
Uto-Aztecan language
1086/465892. S2CID 143084964. Canger, Una (1988). "Subgrupos de los dialectos nahuas". In J. Kathryn Josserand; Karen Dakin (eds.). Smoke and Mist: Mesoamerican
Nahuan_languages
Geographical and cultural region of Mexico
Huastec civilization Huastec people Nahuas of La Huasteca "México - Pueblo Nahuas de la Huasteca" [Mexico – Nahua People of the Huasteca]. Agua Cultura
Huasteca
Ethnic group of central Mexico and its civilization
of Nahuatl, or whether Nahuas had not yet arrived in central Mexico in the classic period. It is generally agreed that the Nahua peoples were not indigenous
Aztecs
Country in North America
political centers in such as Xochicalco and Cholula. During the Epi-Classic, Nahua peoples began moving south into Mesoamerica, and became politically and
Mexico
Ethnic group of western and north-central Mexico
Estrada, Gabriel S. (2020). "Trans*lating the Genderqueer -X through Caxcan, Nahua, and Xicanx Indígena Knowledge". In Aldama, Arturo J.; Luis Aldama, Frederick
Caxcan
Nahua ethnic group of El Salvador
Guatemala and Honduras, but there is a small population of acculturated Nahuas in the Olancho Department of eastern Honduras. Their cosmology is related
Pipil_people
Department of Nicaragua
inhabitants of Masaya are the Nahuas and the Chorotegas, and was the location of the pre-Columbian Nahua chiefdom of Masatepek. The Nahuas dominate the cultivation
Masaya_Department
Nahuan language of El Salvador and Nicaragua
America. Therefore, the Nahuas of Olancho most likely spoke central-Mexican Nahuatl instead of Nawat. There were some Nahua communities in other parts
Nawat_language
Lingua franca spoken in the Valley of Mexico in the 16th century
las lenguas castellana y mexicana. Facsímiles de lingüística y filología nahuas (in Spanish). Vol. 1. México: UNAM. ISBN 9789685802826. OCLC 9683091. Bedell
Classical_Nahuatl
(43,111), Maya Ch'orti (33,256), Tolupan (19,033), Bay Creoles (12,337), Nahuas (6,339), Pech (6,024) and Tawahka (2,690). Lenca Miskito people Pech people
Indigenous peoples of Honduras
Indigenous_peoples_of_Honduras
Colonial-era Nahua pictorial manuscript
community and forced the Nahuas to pay excessive taxes in the form of goods and services. When Cortés returned, the Nahuas of Huejotzinco joined him
Huexotzinco_Codex
Central deity in Aztec religion
Mexico", demonstrated the existence of a powerful confederacy of Eastern Nahuas, Mixtecs and Zapotecs, along with the peoples they dominated throughout
Quetzalcōātl
Type of paper manufactured in Mexico
López Binnqüist, pages 2-7 "El Papel Amate Entre los Nahuas de Chicontepec" [Amate paper among the Nahuas of Chicontepec] (in Spanish). Veracruz, Mexico: Universidad
Amate
Mexican philologist, historian and scholar (1892–1967)
y cultura nahuas." Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos 20.2 (2004): 223-25 Lee, Jongsoo (2014). "Emergence and Progress of Contemporary Nahua Literature:
Ángel_María_Garibay_K.
Noble household or lineage
the Nahua Tradition". American Anthropologist. 102 (3): 485–502. doi:10.1525/aa.2000.102.3.485. ISSN 0002-7294. Lockhart, James. 2022. The Nahuas After
Tecalli
De palabras y maravillas : Ensayo sobre la lengua y la cultura de los nahuas, Sierra Norte de Puebla, Antropología y Etnología (in Spanish), Mexico:
List_of_ethnic_slurs
Aztec goddess of water, seas, oceans, rivers, lakes, streams, rain, storms, and baptism
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, and she was an important deity for the Nahuas in the Postclassic period of central Mexico. Chalchiuhtlicue belongs to
Chalchiuhtlicue
Legend of the origin of two mountains in Mexico
popular legend about Iztaccíhuatl and Popocatépetl comes from the ancient Nahuas.[citation needed] As it comes from an oral tradition, there are many versions
Popocatépetl_and_Iztaccíhuatl
Nicaraguan tribal leader
army however, used the opportunity to gather gold and baptize some of the Nahuas to Catholicism along the way, much to the disapproval of Macuilmiquiztli
Diriangén
Mountainous region in Puebla, Mexico
Today, Puebla has the largest number of Nahuas in Mexico, most of which live in the Sierra Norte. The Nahuas of the Sierra Norte call themselves Macelhuamej
Sierra_Norte_de_Puebla
Nicaraguan cacique, whose real name was Macuilmiquiztli
and Nahuas, Macuilmiquiztli and Diriangén made peace and agreed to team up against the Spanish and Tlaxcaltecas. This alliance composed of the Nahua chiefdoms
Nicarao_(cacique)
Country in Central America
people, Nahua speaking groups migrated from Anahuac beginning around 800 AD and occupied the central and western regions of El Salvador. The Nahua Pipil
El_Salvador
Municipality in Rivas, Nicaragua
reference to the Toltec ancestry of the Nahuas in Nicaragua. The indigenous inhabitants of Tola are the Nahuas. As of 2023, the estimated population of
Tola,_Nicaragua
politician (Nahua) Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl, (d. 1648), Nahua historian, descendant of Ixtlilxochitl Bartolomé de Alva, Nahua, younger brother
List of Indigenous people of the Americas
List_of_Indigenous_people_of_the_Americas
Nahua aide to Hernán Cortés
noting Malinche's ability to command the respect of both Spaniards and Nahuas. According to Townsend, Malinche knew how to speak in different registers
La_Malinche
Vengeful ghost in Latin American folklore
Purépechas; Xonaxi Queculla, among the Zapotecs; Cihuacóatl, among the Nahuas; and the Xtabay, among the Lacandon Maya. She is always identified with
La_Llorona
State in central Mexico (c. 1300–1530)
in 1530. In 1543 it officially became the governorship of Michoacán. The Nahuas of the Aztec Empire called this region Michhuahcān from mich ("fish"), -huah
Purépecha_Empire
Place in the Nahua people's cosmology
The Nahua people such as the Aztecs, Chichimecs and the Toltecs believed that the heavens were constructed and separated into 13 levels, usually called
Thirteen_Heavens
Eastern Peripheral variety of the Nahuatl language group
is one of the Eastern Peripheral varieties of Nahuatl, spoken by ethnic Nahua people in northwestern Puebla state in Mexico. The following description
Sierra_Puebla_Nahuatl
Pre-Columbian cultural area in the Americas
Austin, Alfredo (1988). The Human Body and Ideology: Concepts of the Ancient Nahuas. Vol. 1. University of Utah Press. ISBN 978-0-87480-291-7. "Feeding the
Mesoamerica
Queen regnant of Ecatepec
other Nahua Altepetl in Central Mexico. Vol. 2. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 101. ISBN 9780806129501. Lockhart, James (1996) [1992]. The Nahuas After
Tlapalizquixochtzin
State of Mexico
is home to two significant indigenous populations, the Huichols and the Nahuas. There is also a significant foreign population, mostly from the United
Jalisco
Municipality in Carazo Department, Nicaragua
Chorotegas and Nahuas. It borders with Managua, Masaya, Granada, and Rivas. Jinotepe comes from the Nawat language, and is named after the Nahua chiefdom of
Jinotepe,_Carazo
State of Mexico
the Nahuas, Totonacas and Otomi. There is also a small region locally called the Sierra Negra in which there are communities of Popolocas, Nahuas and
Puebla
Indigenous people of Mexico
are instead broadly grouped with other Nahuatl-speaking people, known as Nahuas. As of the 2010 Mexican census, there were estimated to be more than 23
Tlaxcaltec
Name list
Mexico and among Chicanos. The name has been a common Nahuatl name among Nahuas for hundreds of years. It was recorded on an early-16th century census of
Xóchitl
Municipality in Masaya, Nicaragua
"deer hill". The Indigenous inhabitants of Masaya are the Nahuas and the Chorotegas, and the Nahuas who still inhabit the municipality dominate the cocoa
Masatepe
Indigenous People of Mexico
basin, but were driven into the adjacent highlands by the expansion of Nahuas. The Mazatecan languages are part of the Popolocan family which, in turn
Mazatec
American historian (1920–1985)
Mexico, was the first major study of conquest and the early colonial era Nahuas from the indigenous perspective. It remains a model for scholars working
Charles_Gibson_(historian)
Ethnic group
Chichimeca (Spanish: [tʃitʃiˈmeka] ) is the name that the Nahua peoples of Mexico generically applied to nomadic and semi-nomadic peoples who were established
Chichimeca
Term for historical Mexican geography
this far", or "the Nahuas came this far", or "those who come from Anahuac came this far"; nican-nahua, which meant "here are the Nahuas"; or nic-atl-nahuac
Anahuac_(Aztec)
American historian
focuses on Indigenous histories of the Americas, including the Aztecs, Nahuas, Nahuatl-language historical writing, and Algonkian-speaking peoples such
Camilla_Townsend
Department of Nicaragua
of the Nahuas both indigenous and mestizos alike. Chibchan minorities lived and thrived within Kwawkapolkan and Kakawatan alongside the Nahua majority
Rivas_Department
City-states in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
Press. ISBN 0-8047-0912-2. OCLC 9359010. Lockhart, James (1996) [1992]. The Nahuas After the Conquest: A Social and Cultural History of the Indians of Central
Altepetl
Nahuas mythical origin place
Aztec Mexicas, Tepanecs, Acolhuas, and other Nahuatl-speaking peoples (or Nahuas) of Mesoamerica, in the Postclassic period. The term Chicomoztoc derives
Chicomoztoc
Pre-Columbian writing system for Nahuatl
phonetic logograms and syllabic signs which was used in central Mexico by the Nahua people in the Epiclassic and Post-classic periods. It was originally thought
Aztec_script
Species of butterfly
c. marcia Fruhstorfer, 1913 (Honduras and Guatemala to Colombia) A. c. nahua Grose-Smith, 1898 (Venezuela, Colombia) A. c. olbia (C. & R. Felder, [1867])
Adelpha_cytherea
Creature in Central American folklore
sagrado del xoloitzcuintli entre los nahuas y los mayas" [The sacred character of the xoloitzcuintli among the Nahua and Maya]. Arqueología Mexicana (in
Cadejo
Tradition of dance in Indigenous Mexico
the very essence of life. Before and after the Nahuas and Spaniards met between 1500-1800s, the Nahua are free to dance in their ceremonies and summon
Netotiliztli
Empress consort of the Aztec Empire
Teotlalco (Nahuatl pronunciation:[teotɬálko]) was a Nahua princess of Ecatepec and Aztec empress—the Queen of Tenochtitlan. Teotlalco's father was King
Teotlalco
American historian of colonial Spanish America
Los nahuas despúes de la conquista: historia social y cultural de los indios del Mexico central, del siglo XVI al XVIII)(Spanish translation of Nahuas After
James_Lockhart_(historian)
State of Mexico
which included the Nahuas, who occupied what is now the center of the state, and the Purépecha who took over the west. The Nahuas established themselves
Guerrero
Department of Nicaragua
estimate). Nueva Segovia is also home to the indigenous Chorotegas and Nahuas. The capital is Ocotal. Las Segovias is a region encompassed by the five
Nueva_Segovia_Department
Mesoamerican civilization (c. 2000 BC – 1697 AD)
Restall, Matthew; Florine Asselbergs (2007). Invading Guatemala: Spanish, Nahua, and Maya Accounts of the Conquest Wars. University Parkv: Pennsylvania
Maya_civilization
Pre-Columbian Nahua confederacy in Mexico
Chālco [ˈt͡ʃaːɬko] was a complex pre-Columbian Nahua altepetl or confederacy in central Mexico. It was divided into the four sub-altepeme of Tlalmanalco/Tlacochcalco
Chalco_(altépetl)
Indigenous ethnic group of Mexico
regiones a lo largo de los siglos, comparte rasgos de cultura material con los nahuas. "Aprende otomí con gramática de un otomí". Red de Información Indígena
Otomi
Set of nine gods in Mesoamerican mythology
night that they ruled over. The lords of the night are known in both the Nahua and Maya calendar, although the specific names of the Maya Night Lords are
Lords_of_the_Night
Religion used in the Aztec Empire
The Aztec religion is a polytheistic and monistic pantheism in which the Nahua concept of teotl was construed as the supreme god Ometeotl, as well as a
Aztec_religion
Ethnic group
ethnic groups in these regions, alongside the Chontal, Nahua groups (Coixcas, Tlahuica-Nahuas, Malinalca), and "Mazatecs" (possibly another name for the
Matlatzinca_people
Indigenous garment from Mexico
found mostly in central Mexico among indigenous women such as the Huastecs, Nahuas, Tepehuas, Otomis, Totonacs, Mazahuas, Pames and Huichols in states such
Quechquemitl
Aztec mythological paradise/underworld
certain wall paintings of the much earlier Teotihuacan culture. Among modern Nahua-speaking peoples of the Gulf Coast, Tlālōcān survives as an all-encompassing
Tlālōcān
Aztec god of fire and lightning
Borgia) Symbol xoloitzcuintle Gender Male Region Mesoamerica Ethnic group Nahuas Genealogy Parents Mixcoatl and Chimalma (Codex Chimalpopoca) Siblings Quetzalcoatl
Xolotl
Creation Legend of the Aztecs
In creation myths, the term "Five Suns" refers to the belief of certain Nahua cultures and Aztec peoples that the world has gone through five distinct
Five_Suns
Nahuatl term for various people groups
spoken in a particular locality, the Nahuas would reply "popoloca" meaning in essence "not Nahuatl". The Nahuas used the term "popolōca" much in the same
Popoluca
western Nicaragua was dominated by the Nahua people, specifically the Nicarao, a branch of the Pipil people. Nahua heritage can still be seen in Nicaraguan
Culture_of_Nicaragua
Worse effects of disease to populations with no prior exposure
A 16th-century illustration of Nahuas infected with smallpox
Virgin-soil_epidemic
Feeling of regard for someone or something
(2012). "Ser respetuoso es ser persona. El niño y la pedagogía moral de Los Nahuas del Centro de México". Revista de Dialectología y Tradiciones Populares
Respect
Culinary traditions of Mexico
Huastec, Zapotec, Mixtec, Otomi, Purépecha, Totonac, Mazatec, Mazahua, and Nahua. With the Mexica formation of the multi-ethnic Triple Alliance (Aztec Empire)
Mexican_cuisine
People of Nicaragua
Nicaraos cultivation of potatoes also suggests cultural diffusion between the Nahuas and Chibchas, as the Chibchas introduced potatoes to Nicaragua from South
Nicaraguans
State of Mexico
Nahuas and Popolucas (the latter being related to the Zoque people, though the Nahuas formed the political elite. However, the most important Nahua town
Tabasco
Spanish Rule. Stanford: Stanford University Press 1964 Lockhart, James. The Nahuas after the Conquest. Stanford: Stanford University Press 1992. Rowe, John
Spanish colonization of the Americas
Spanish_colonization_of_the_Americas
16th-century Spanish invasion of Mesoamerica
the Aztecs had fallen. This was complicated by the word teules that the Nahuas used to refer to the Spaniards, who claimed to represent their Christian
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
Spanish_conquest_of_the_Aztec_Empire
Shapeshifting sorcerer in Mesoamerican folk religion
the ever-evolving and contentious meanings associated with Mesoamerican Nahua terms like nahualli and tonalli. This includes their derivatives, such as
Nagual
embezzlement, breach of trust, and theft could be penalized with enslavement. The Nahuas traded child slaves. The Kalinago of Dominica were known to keep slaves
Slavery in pre-Columbian America
Slavery_in_pre-Columbian_America
Town in Tlaxcala, Mexico
on May 15 each year. The people of San Isidro Buensuceso are indigenous Nahuas; the first language of children is Nahuatl. It is the most remote Nahuatl-speaking
San_Isidro_Buensuceso
Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-2921-1. OCLC 36017075. Lockhart, James (1992). The Nahuas After the Conquest: A Social and Cultural History of the Indians of Central
Francisco_Jiménez_(governor)
Demographic of Americans
Estrada, Gabriel S. (2020). "Trans*lating the Genderqueer -X through Caxcan, Nahua, and Xicanx Indígena Knowledge". In Aldama, Arturo J.; Luis Aldama, Frederick
Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans
Ethnic group
probable that these suffixes are of Tecuexe origin, and equivalent to the Nahua "tlan". The island of Atitlán (place in the middle of the water in Nahuatl)
Tecuexe
Aztec deity
personification of the Milky Way, the inhabitant of Chicomoztoc that the Nahuas call ‘White Cloud Serpent’, since such is the shape of the great nebula
Mixcoatl
Concept in Mesoamerican religion
the Mixe, the Nahuas, the Zapotecs, and Mixtecs. Precursors of these practices extend to ancient indigenous civilizations such as Nahua, Olmec, and Toltec
Tonal_(mythology)
Weapon used by pre-columbian mesoamericans
who fainted away from fright. Given the importance of human sacrifice in Nahua cultures, their warfare styles, particularly those of the Aztec and Maya
Macuahuitl
City and municipality in Jalisco, Mexico
the Guadalajara area historically being an ethnically Caxcan region, the Nahua peoples form the majority of Guadalajara's indigenous population. There
Guadalajara
Ethnic identity of some Mexican Americans
men of this cultural group heal and rehumanize themselves through Maya-Nahua Indigenous-based concepts and teachings", helping them process intergenerational
Chicano
Deity in Aztec religion; a god of rain and thunder, fertility, and water
jaguars, and serpents. The Mexican marigold, Tagetes lucida, known to the Nahua as cempohualxochitl, was another important symbol of the god, and was burned
Tláloc
Former city-state in the Valley of Mexico
Anthropologist Susan Kellogg has studied colonial-era inheritance patterns of Nahuas in Mexico City, using Nahuatl- and Spanish-language testaments. On the 13th
Tenochtitlan
Mexican cold chocolate drink
smokes". Popo is strongly linked to indigenous communities, particularly the Nahuas, Mixe-Popolucas, Zoque-Populucas, Mazatecs and Chinatecs. For these communities
Popo_(drink)
Tlatoani (king) of Aztec Tlatelolco
Itzquauhtzin (9 Reed (1475) – 2 Flint (1520)) was a king (tlatoani) of Nahua altepetl Tlatelolco. He was mentioned in Chimalpahin Codex. Itzquauhtzin
Itzquauhtzin
Nahua writer, Mexican governor
translation in Ricard, p. 223. Ricard, pp. 223-224. Lockhart, James (1992). The Nahuas After the Conquest: A Social and Cultural History of the Indians of Central
Antonio_Valeriano
Municipality in State of Mexico, Mexico
[citation needed] The church and monastery of Corpus Christi was built by both Nahuas and Otomis of pink and gray stone. The side gate, called the Porciúncula
Tlalnepantla_de_Baz
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Lord of the Universe
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Hindu, Indian
Bearing the Truth
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A storm god.
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Protective; Victorious Shield
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From the Broad Ridge; Renowned Ruler; Surname; Brother; Form of Roderick
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American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Latin, Swedish
From the Name Julia and Anne; Youthful; Downy-bearded Youth; Jove's Child
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