Lord Eight Deer Jaguar Claw
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Lord Eight Deer Jaguar Claw was an 11th-century Mixtec ruler and military leader renowned from Mesoamerican codices for his conquests, political alliances, and central role in Mixtec history and mythology.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eight Deer Jaguar Claw | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamerican historical figure
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Mixtec ruler ⓘ military leader ⓘ pre-Columbian person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mesoamerican warfare
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Mixtec city-states NERFINISHED ⓘ dynastic genealogies ⓘ |
| calendarName | Eight Deer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Mixtec civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| death | killed in conflict according to codices ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | known primarily from indigenous pictorial sources ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Mixtec ⓘ |
| fieldOfActivity |
diplomacy
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statecraft ⓘ warfare ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| governmentForm | city-state rulership ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Late Postclassic formative Mixtec tradition ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | semi-legendary ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
Codex Bodley
NERFINISHED
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Codex Colombino NERFINISHED ⓘ Codex Zouche-Nuttall NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesoamerican codices ⓘ |
| languageContext | Mixtec languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legacy |
central figure in Mixtec historical tradition
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important subject of Mesoamerican scholarship ⓘ |
| nameElement | Jaguar Claw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dynastic expansion
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military conquests ⓘ political alliances ⓘ unification of Mixtec polities ⓘ |
| occupation |
ruler
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warrior ⓘ |
| politicalActivity |
forging alliances through marriage
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subjugation of neighboring city-states ⓘ |
| pre-ColumbianCivilization | Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Mixteca Alta
NERFINISHED
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Oaxaca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Mesoamerican religion ⓘ |
| roleInMythology |
ancestral founder figure
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culture hero ⓘ |
| sourceType | pictographic manuscripts ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 11th century ⓘ |
| typeOfLeadership | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| usesMesoamericanCalendar | 260-day ritual calendar ⓘ |
| visualDepiction | represented with deer and jaguar glyphs in codices ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Eight Deer Jaguar Claw