Nagualli are hired to remove curses cast by other nagualli.In other communities the accusation of Nagualism may result in violent attacks on the accused by the community.The Western study of was initiated by archaeologist, linguist, and ethnologist who published Nagualism: A Study in Native-American Folklore and History, which chronicled historical interpretations of the word and those who practiced Nagualism in Mexico in 1894. The community knows who is a nagual, tolerating, fearing and respecting them. In the god was the protector of Nagualism, because his tonal was the jaguar and he governed the distribution of wealth.In modern rural Mexico, nagual is sometimes synonymous with brujo ('wizard'): one who is able to shapeshift into an animal at night, (normally into a, a big, or ) drink blood from human victims, steal property, cause disease, and the like.In some indigenous communities the nagual is integrated into the religious hierarchy. They would have specific tonals such as the. Practitioners of powerful magic were normally born on days related to animals with a strong or harmful aspect. It is probable that the tonal represents the daytime aspect and the nagual the nighttime aspect of the tonalli, 'the things of the day'. In Nahuatl the word is used to refer both to a day and to the animal associated with that day.The nagual is considered different where the tonal is the day spirit itself, the nagual is the spirit familiar of the day. A person born on 'Dog Day' would have both strong and weak 'dog' aspects.
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