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[[Image:Painal florentine.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Painal as depicted in the [[Florentine Codex]].]]
In [[Aztec religion]], '''Painal''' (also spelled '''Paynal''' or '''Painalton''', "Little Painal"; also spelled '''Paynalton'''; {{langx|nci|Payīnal}} {{IPA|nci|paˈjiːnaɬ|}}, {{lang|nci|Payīnaltōn}}, {{lang|nci|Payīnaltzin}}) was sometimes interpreted by Spanish colonists as a god (''[[teotl]]'') who served as a representative of [[Huitzilopochtli]].<ref>{{Cite journal |doi = 10.1080/00309230.2017.1360918|title = Representations of hands in the Florentine Codex by Bernardino de Sahagún (ca 1499–1590)|journal = Paedagogica Historica|volume = 54|issue = 1–2|pages = 114–133|year = 2018|last1 = Roith|first1 = Christian| s2cid=148929704 }}</ref><ref name="Miller 2005">{{cite journal |last1=Miller |first1=Mary E. |title=Rethinking Jaina: Goddesses, Skirts, and the Jolly Roger |journal=Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University |date=2005 |volume=64 |pages=67 |jstor=3774835 }}</ref>  Other scholars have noted that Paynala may have been a toponym, confused for a person.<ref name="Miller 2005"/>
Bernardo de Sahagún's ''General History of the Things of New Spain'', commonly called the [[Florentine Codex]], briefly describes Painal thus:
{{quote|1=''Paynal was "the delegate," "the substitute," "the deputy," because he represented Uitzilopchtli.  When there was a procession he was given the name Paynal, because they pressed him on quickly; he was made to hasten.'' |2=[[Bernardino de Sahagún]]|3=[[Florentine Codex]]}}
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