Guanche

The Guanche religion is the belief system of the native Canarians, best recorded on Tenerife, where the supreme god was Achamán, the Gleaming One. His consort Chaxiraxi, who bears the sky, was later identified with the Virgin of Candelaria, whose image appeared on the beach at Güímar. The creator god was Acorán on Gran Canaria and Abora on La Palma.

The Guanches held that the evil Guayota, appearing as a great shaggy dog, dwelt inside Mount Teide. They revered the sun, Magec, swore oaths by it, and buried the dead with offerings, mummifying them on Tenerife. The beliefs are known only from accounts left by the Christian conquerors of the fifteenth century.