Nicarao (cacique)

Nicarao, or Macuilmiquiztli (Nahuatl Makwilmikistli: macuil "five", miquiztli "death") was the name of the ruler of the Nicarao, a Nahua group that inhabited western Nicaragua and northwestern Costa Rica.[1][2][3] Based on research done by historians in 2002, it was discovered that his real name was Macuilmiquiztli, meaning "Five Deaths" in the Nahuatl language.[4][5][6][7] Macuilmiquiztli governed the Nicarao from his capital Quauhcapolca, in what is today the department of Rivas in southwestern Nicaragua.[8]

Monument to Macuilmiquiztli, ruler of the Nicarao
  1. ^ "The Kingdom of this world".
  2. ^ "The Aboriginals of Costa Rica".
  3. ^ "Las culturas indígenas y su medioambiente".
  4. ^ "Nicarao"
  5. ^ "Encuentro"
  6. ^ Sánchez, Edwin (October 3, 2016). "De Macuilmiquiztli al Güegüence pasando por Fernando Silva" [From Macuilmiquizli to Güegüence through Fernando Silva]. El 19 (in Spanish). Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  7. ^ Silva, Fernando (March 15, 2003). "Macuilmiquiztli". El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  8. ^ McCafferty and McCafferty 2009, p. 186.