Instead of a toponym for a specific settlement, it is also used as a qualifier to denote a category of densely populated cities.
After the collapse of the Teotihuacan empire, central Mexico broke into smaller states.
In Aztec accounts at the time of the arrival of the Conquistadores, Teotihuacan and the Toltec capital sometimes seem to be confused and conflated.
Tollan is the name given to the mythical place of origin in many Mesoamerican traditions, including those of the Aztecs and the K'iche' Maya.
[2] In the K'iche' epic Popol Vuh, the first people created are gathered at Tollan, the place of seven caves, where they receive their languages and their gods.