Temilo (MH762r)

The name Temilo deserves further research. A folklore character named Temilo was associated with Mount Tlaloc and was said--in a twenty-first-century ethnographic retelling--to represent the "devil" and have a role in the construction of the cathedral in Puebla. [See: Jay Sokolovsky, Indigenous Mexico Engages the 21st Century, 2016, p. 151.] The appearance of what maybe a segment from a nahualli (see below) might be taken into consideration in probing the deeper meaning of this name. Sometimes, the name “Temilo” seems to refer to a warrior hairstyle (temilotli). A don Pedro Temilo was the first governor of Tlatelolco after the Spanish seized power. [See Justyna Olko, Insignia of Rank in the Nahua World, 2014, p. 210.] One example of Temilo shows the stone (tetl) base of a column; this one stands out as very different from the rest.