Huemac

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In Aztec tradition Huemac (11th century?), also spelled Hueymac or Huehmac, was the last king of the Toltec before the fall of Tula/Tollan. His name is traditionally translated as "Big Hand", but according to J. Richard Andrews its correct meaning is "Big Gift".<ref>Andrews, J. Richard [1975] (2003). Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 601–602.</ref>

Most information about him is from Aztec accounts centuries later, and details and chronology is often uncertain, and historical stories are mixed with mythology.

After the fall of the Toltec capital Huemac traveled for some years with a diminishing band of followers, and then died in a cave at Chapultepec, now part of modern Mexico City. The date of his death, from various accounts and various attempts to correlate the accounts with the Gregorian calendar, range from the 1090s to the 1170s.