Case file · Witch trials
Trial of Martín Ocelotl, nahualli of Texcoco
In 1536 Bishop Juan de Zumárraga's Inquisition tried Martín Ocelotl, a Nahua religious specialist accused of shape-shifting, prophecy and stirring resistance; he was sentenced to exile in Spain and the ship is said to have been lost.
1536 CE · 19.43, -99.13 · status: official
The account
Witnesses said he had predicted Moctezuma's fall and could become a jaguar or a dog. His trial record, published in the 20th century, is a key source on surviving Nahua religion after the conquest.