tlacatecolo chicalotl.

Headword:

Principal English Translation:

a type of thorn, spine, splinter, or thistle (relating to the devil, in the post-contact point of view? relating to self-sacrifice in the form of blood-letting?) (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina:

tlacatecolo chicalotl. espino o abrojo grande.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 115v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes:

Gifts, Offerings, Sacrificial Rites

Religion (Christian)

Religion (Indigenous)