Nahual
El Nahual (or Nagual) is a shapeshifting witch or sorcerer from Mesoamerican tradition with deep roots in Aztec and Maya cosmology. The belief, originating with the Nahua peoples, holds that certain individuals possess the spiritual power to transform into animals — most commonly jaguars, coyotes, dogs, owls, or turkeys. In Aztec tradition, each person is born with a tonal (animal spirit companion) linked to their birth date, but only those with special power (nagualism) can actually assume the animal's form. The god Tezcatlipoca was the protector of nagualism. During the colonial period, Indi