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Wayob
Wayob is the plural form of ''way'' (or ''uay''), a Maya word with a basic meaning of 'sleep(ing)', but which in Yucatec Maya is a term specifically denoting the Mesoamerican nagual, that is, a person who can transform into an animal while asleep in order to do harm, or else the resulting animal transformation itself.〔Diccionario Maya Cordemex, Barrera Vásquez et al. 1980: 916〕 Already in Classic Mayan belief, ''way'' animals, identifiable by a special hieroglyph, had an important role to play.
== ''Wayob'' in Maya ethnography ==
In Yucatec ethnography, the animal transformation involved is usually a common domestic or domesticated animal, but may also be a ghost or apparition, for example 'a creature with wings of straw mats'.〔Redfield and Villa 1934: 178–180〕 Moreover, in the 16th century, wild animals such as jaguar and grey fox are mentioned as animal shapes of the sorcerer, together with the ''ah uaay xibalba'' or 'underworld transformer'.〔Roys 1965: 166–171〕 Some sort of 'devil's pact' seems to be implied. The Yucatec ''way'' has its counterparts among other Mayan groups. In Tzotzil ethnography, the ''way'' (here called ''wayohel'') is more often an animal companion and refers not only to domestic animals, but also to igneous powers such as meteor and lightning. In Tzeltal Cancuc, the ''nagual'' animal companion is considered a 'caster of disease'.〔Villa Rojas 1947: 584〕
Other names found are:
Lab, labil, wayixelal or vayijelal, way and wayxel or wayjel.〔Diccionario Multilingue Svanal Bats'i K'opetik Siglo xxi editores argentina, S.A. 2005 p 175〕
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