nagual

/nah-gwahl, -wahl/US // nɑˈgwɑl, -ˈwɑl //

纳古拉,纳古尔

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a guardian spirit among Mexican and Central American Indians, believed to reside in an animal.

Nagual is the name by which the sorcerers of Mexico, Indians and aborigines of America, are still designated.
For a nagual, as I have shown, is one thing and a totem is another; nor am I aware that Zulus are totemists.
From this occurrence it will easily be gathered that it is highly dangerous to kill a tamaniu, nagual, or manitou.
The form nagual instead of nahual, or naual, or nawal has been generally adopted and should be preferred.
It is not impossible that tona is itself a compound root, including the monosyllabic radical na, which is at the basis of nagual.