Kiwikgolo (kiwi 'tree' plus kgolo 'old man') is the Old Man of the Forest, the individuated masculine Owner (dueño) of wild nature among the Totonac of the Sierra Norte de Puebla and Veracruz. Nicolas Ellison's ethnography of Huehuetla describes him as a being who can benefit humans but also harm them, destroying crops and causing frights when the forest is used without proper respect, while Pierre Beaucage and Xóchitl Rojas Mora identify him as the masculine Owner of nature in Totonac cosmology, counterpart of the plural owners recognized by neighboring Nahua communities. Hunters, farmers, and the ritual dancers of the Lakakgolo dance still direct offerings to him before taking wood, game, or land from the monte, and contemporary Totonac communities invoke him as protector of the forest.