Eighty Hueteohuatzin

Two Teohuatzin in great discussion

The Nāuhpōhualli Teohuatzin (Nahuatl : "Eighty Vicars") is the name given to the primary group of disciples formed by Tepicoyotl who followed him thourough his wandering through the Huhuetlatholoyan according to Teoists traditions. They became the primary teachers of the newly born Teoist movement after their master's death. Teoists Schools who claim an unbroken link to the Teohuatzin are called the Huecahua Tēmachtli Temachtilli (Nahuatl : "Ancient Trusted Teachings"). Teoists legends say that after Tepicoyotl's death, twenty Teohuatzin went north to Irathava, twenty crossed the Daeshan Ocean and reached Rahm Tai, twenty went east and spread through Nepantia, and finally twenty remained in the Huehuetlatholoyan.

Most Teohuatzin have left behind a compilation of their teachings and commentaries on Tepicoyotl own works, adding precisions or interpretations of the more specific passages, or might even be new work altogether. Like previously, these teachings are recorded in the form of songs and poetry. Because of the lacunar sources, some writings were attributed to the Teohuatzin despite having been written long after, or the work of multiple Teohuatzin were compiled in a single corpus. Teoists Oral traditions also offer different interpretations of the individual Teohuatzin and of their teachings. Texts that are known to have been from different authors even if they claim to perpetuate the teachings of a Teohuatzin, or late compilation of their texts, are considered to have been written by the Ïntlacuiloquehuan (Nahuatl : "Their Scribes").