Definitions
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- noun An animal form which a person may take.
- noun A person who is able to take an animal form.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Dating back to pre-Hispanic times, the nahual is a shape shifter who switches between human and animal forms and is often characterized as a shaman.
Uncovering Tonala's history at the National Ceramic Museum 2006
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Dating back to pre-Hispanic times, the nahual is a shape shifter who switches between human and animal forms and is often characterized as a shaman.
Uncovering Tonala's history at the National Ceramic Museum 2006
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El Pachuco also shows us his Aztec origin when he becomes the nahual or the "other self" who comforts Henry during his stay in solitary confinement.
Luis Valdez 2010
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The poets of the obituaries proposed his soul was twinned with the great matador's like a nahual and argued the denouement was fitting:
Carlos The Impossible (Part 2) JTK Belle 2010
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The nahual can assume any form, and most others are two-formed, meaning they can be either human or some sort of animal.
Reviews of fantasy and science fiction books Kristen 2009
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Yes, there was one vampire and I am started to get a bit tired of vampires at this point, especially since I was never a big fan of them in the first place, but this supernatural world also contains kelpies, selkies, gnomes, djinn, nahual, a barghest, and nagas.
Archive 2009-10-01 Kristen 2009
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The nahual can assume any form, and most others are two-formed, meaning they can be either human or some sort of animal.
Archive 2009-10-01 Kristen 2009
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Yes, there was one vampire and I am started to get a bit tired of vampires at this point, especially since I was never a big fan of them in the first place, but this supernatural world also contains kelpies, selkies, gnomes, djinn, nahual, a barghest, and nagas.
Reviews of fantasy and science fiction books Kristen 2009
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Tonalá potters customarily depict the nahual as a large cat with a smiling face.
Uncovering Tonala's history at the National Ceramic Museum 2006
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Of particular note are the decorative details, as both artisans have embellished their work with painted symbols that are characteristic of Tonalá pottery - the nahual and the flor de Tonalá.
Uncovering Tonala's history at the National Ceramic Museum 2006
qms commented on the word nahual
If you should be born a narwhal
And find it won’t suit you at all,
Apply to a shaman
To make you a cayman
Or other exotic nahual.
July 10, 2018