Nagual
（重定向自Nahual）
![The Naguals, shapeshifting creatures.](/Images/godic/202501/28/Codex_Borgia_page_224246.jpg")
![A pre-Columbian Chatino stela possibly depicting a nagual transforming into a jaguar. His name is inscribed in Zapotec glyphs on his abdomen and translates to](/Images/godic/202501/28/Jaguarnagual4246.jpg")
In Mesoamerican folk religion, a nagual or nahual (both pronounced [na'wal]) is a human being who has the power to transform either spiritually or physically into an animal form: most commonly jaguar and puma but also other animals such as a donkeys, birds, or dogs and coyotes.