​TOTEPEHU (to-tay-pay-hoo'), fourth king of Tollan, Mexico; d. in 927. He was the son of Huetzin, whom he succeeded on the throne in 875, and under his reign arts and agriculture flourished in Tula or Tollan, which was the cradle of culture for the plateau of Mexico. Thence, after the destruction of the Toltec kingdom, civilization spread on its southward march to Tehuantepec, Central America, and probably Yucatan. Totepehu was succeeded by his son, Nacaxoc.