Achamán

Achamán (also Achuhuran ) is the highest being in the mythology of the indigenous people of Tenerife ( Guanches ). They worshiped several gods and believed in a higher being they called Achamán.

"El Teide " is the Hispanic form of the Guanche term "Echeyde". It refers to the apartment of the evil demon Guayota , who, according to legend, had captured the sun god Magec and kept him imprisoned in Echeyde. The darkness terrified the Guanches and they asked their supreme god , Achamán, for help. This chased away Guayota, freed the sun god Magec and closed the upper opening of the Echeyde with a stopper, the so-called "Pan de Azúcar" (carrot) or "Pitón" (sugar loaf).

On the island of Gran Canaria it is called Acoran , on La Palma it is called Abora .

Main deities of the Guanches (Tenerife)

• Achamán: God of Heaven (Supreme Deity)
• Magec : sun god
• Chaxiraxi : mother goddess
• Guayota : Demon

credentials

1. ↑ Guayota, el Maligno
2. ↑ Los primitivos habitantes de Canarias: la religious

literature

• Matilde Moreno Martínez: Relatos legendarios: historia y magia de España . Desde los orígenes a los siglos de oro. In: Castalia didáctica . tape 48 . Editorial Castalia, Madrid 2007, ISBN 978-84-9740-221-7 , Achamán, creador de los hombres, p. 50 ff .