nagual

[ nah-gwahl, -wahl ]

/ nɑˈgwɑl, -ˈwɑl /

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noun

a guardian spirit among Mexican and Central American Indians, believed to reside in an animal.

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Origin of nagual

<Mexican Spanish nagual, nahual<Nahuatl nāhualli

OTHER WORDS FROM nagual

na·gual·ism, noun

Words nearby nagual

nagor, Nagorno-Karabakh, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region, Nagoya, Nagpur, nagual, Naguib, Nagurski, Nagy, Nagyszeben, Nagyvárad

How to use nagual in a sentence

Nagual is the name by which the sorcerers of Mexico, Indians and aborigines of America, are still designated.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan|Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky
For a nagual, as I have shown, is one thing and a totem is another; nor am I aware that Zulus are totemists.
Modern Mythology|Andrew Lang
From this occurrence it will easily be gathered that it is highly dangerous to kill a tamaniu, nagual, or manitou.
Human Animals|Frank Hamel
The form nagual instead of nahual, or naual, or nawal has been generally adopted and should be preferred.
Nagualism|Daniel G. Brinton

It is not impossible that tona is itself a compound root, including the monosyllabic radical na, which is at the basis of nagual.
Nagualism|Daniel G. Brinton