Tohueyo (MH852r)
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tohueyo (“Outsider” or “Foreigner”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of a man in profile, looking toward the viewer’s right. This man has a fringe of thin, spiky hair on his forehead, a large quasi-butterfly shaped earplug in his visible ear, and a labret with two concentric circles (perhaps a chalchihuitl). The hair and jewelry suggest someone from another ethnicity, an outsider or foreigner (tohueyo).
Stephanie Wood
At least two other Tohueyo glyphs are a part of this collection. One might also have a chalchihuitl labret, and the other has more unique adornments on his ear and chin or lip. The Advanced Search option allows for searching ethnicity, which will bring up men with various kinds of jewelry and face paint.
The original Tohueyo was somewhat mythical or legendary as a Chichimec or Huasteco (two "others" in the perspective of the Nahuas of the central valley). Exotic and savage, he supposedly seduced the daughter of the Toltec ruler named Huemac, injecting Toltec society with chaos. But while Huemac sent Tohueyo off to war, hoping he would be killed, he apparently proved to be a valiant and successful warrior. Still, some people believed that the divine force Tezcatlipoca used the guise of Tohueyo to sow discord and distrust in Tollan (Tula). See: Alfonso Arellano, "Tula: Myth and History," Voices of Mexico (2008, 73–79).
Stephanie Wood
Juo toveyo
Juan Tohueyo
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
perforaciones, labios, aretes, pendientes cabello adelgazado y puntiagudo, etnicidades, otredad, alteridad, nombres de hombres
tohueyo, outsider or foreigner, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tohueyo
El Otro, o El Extranjero
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Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 852r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=776&st=image.
This manuscript is hosted by the Library of Congress and the World Digital Library; used here with the Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SAq 3.0).
