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This planner's purpose is to correlate the European with the Mexica calendars, so that you can ascertain what Mexica day any given day of the European calendar might be. This planner places primacy upon the indigenous calendar of our ancestors, and not the European calendar. It is therefore divided into the eighteen metztli (often called twentynas in Spanish) or “months” of the Xiuhpohualli (the solar year), and not the 12 months of a European year. In our indigenous calendar, a sacred count of 260 days called the Tonalpohualli runs concurrently within the larger Xiuhpohualli of 365 days (eighteen twenty day metztli plus a period of five “dead” days at the end). Therefore each day is marked with the European date, the day within the Tonalpohualli (the sacred cycle of 260 days), and the day within the Xiuhpohualli (the solar calendar of 365 days). This calendar begins in October and not in January because a new Xiuhpohualli begins in that Western month.

The Nahualli (The Witches of Arteaga)

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The Nahualli (The Witch of Arteaga)

The Nahualli, also known in northern Mexico as The Witch of Arteaga, is a figure from Mexican folklore associated with witchcraft, shapeshifting, and ancient pre-Hispanic cults.

Origin and Myth

The term nahualli comes from the Nahuatl language, meaning “hidden” or “double.” In Mesoamerican cosmology, a nahualli was believed to be a being capable of shedding its skin and transforming into animals such as wolves, serpents, or nocturnal birds.

In Arteaga, Coahuila, oral tradition tells of a cursed woman whose spirit became bound to this ancient force. According to legend, the Witch of Arteaga never truly died. When villagers tried to burn her, she dissolved into ashes, her soul merging with the mountain winds.

Characteristics

Said to shift between human and animal form. Always described with glowing red eyes, “like burning coals.” Associated with vanished cattle, rotting crops, and the sickness or disappearance of children in the mountain villages. Believed to return each generation by choosing a new body to inhabit.