Poyon (MH687v)

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Poyon (either a "Rose-Like Flower" or “A Hallucinogen,” attested here as a man’s name) shows the head of a man in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. The man’s hair is spiky and he has pock marks or freckles on his face (dots). Perhaps his appearance is suggestive of a priest who consumes hallucinogenic plants, such as poyomatli (or poyomahtli, with the glottal stop). Alternatively, the name may be as glossed, Poyo, short for Poyotl, which means “Evil or Decaying.”