someone from Tepoztlan (see Karttunen); a miraculous figure and mythical hero of Tepoztlan; also the name of a deity (see Alva's guide to confession)
All the gods your fathers and grandfathers used to worship- Huitzilopochtli, Copil, Quetzalpatzactli, Toçancol, Quetzalcohuatl, Tepuztecatl, and still very many others were fashioned out of stone and adored- some were just people, all have died already and are suffering in hell. But when they were still living on earth they used to get ill and tired, they used to weep and become disturbed. . . . They could not help themselves [so] how could they aid those who sought help from them? Since it is all an idle joke and fable it comes to nothing.
In izquintin in inteteohuan, in amottàhuan, in amocolhuan, in quimoteotiaya, in Huitzilopochtli, copil, quetzalpatzactli, toçancol, quetzalcohuatl, tepuztecatl, yhuan huel oc miequintin tetica quiximaya quimoteotiaya, cequintin ça çan tlacame, ye o moch mímioque, Mictlan tlayhiyohuia, auh "cuac oc nemia tlalticpac, mococoaya, ciahuia, chocaya, mamanaya . . . àmo huel monòmapalehuiaya, quenin quinpalehuizque, in intech mopalehuilania? canel moch ahuilli, camanalli, çaçanilli, àtle ipan pouhqui" (León, Camino, fol. 12r). Abbreviations have been resolved.
Las hazañas del Tepozteco. "Concepción milagrosa, nacimiento y aventuras épicas del héroe." (Escuchado en Milpa Alta, Méx. D.F. Horcasitas, 1968, 26–28.)
Tepoztécatl (El Tepozteco). "El nacimiento milagroso, la niñez y las hazañas del héroe mítico y legendario de Tepoztlan." (Escuchado en Tepoztlán, Méx. Mor. Escalada, 1937, 271–301.)
El ciclo legendario del Tepoztecatl. "Hazañas del Tepozteco, héroe mítico y legendario. Lucha contra el nahual Xochicalcatl, logra matarlo y vuelve a Tepoztlan." (Escuchado en Tepoztlán, Mor. González Casanova, 1928, 17–63.)
Ihuan ocualicaya quezquite teciuhtoton ihuan chalchiuhteme quimacazque in Tepozton. Ihuan Yehuatl on quitoznequi aihmo techpoloz quiahuitl huan tla mochihuaz ipan miltin. = Y traían unos granicitos y unas piedras para entregarle al Tepozteco. Eso indicaba que ya no nos faltaría el agua y que se darían bien las milpas.