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tecuacuicuiloliztli.

Headword: 
tecuacuicuiloliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the sorcerer's act of shaving a sick person, leaving some hair on the head, in the shape of a coiled snake (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tequacuicuiloliztli
Alonso de Molina: 

tequacuicuiloliztli. el acto de tresquilar o rapar el hechizero al enfermo, dexando algun pelo enla cabeza, a manera de culebra enroscada.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 104v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Health, Sickness, Wellness, Medicine
Religion (Indigenous)