Arcoran (deity)
Arcoran (also Acoran) is the highest being in the mythology of the indigenous people of Gran Canaria .
Little is known about the natives. They worshiped several gods and believed in a higher being they called Arcoran. Arcoran temples were built on inaccessible mountains to give him inviolable asylum. A girl (dressed in white leather) made a daily milk offering to him. He is called Achamán on the island of Tenerife .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Homepage of the Gran Canaria Tourist Office
- ↑ a b Manfred Lurker : Lexicon of gods and demons. Names, functions, symbols / attributes (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 463). 2nd, expanded edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-520-46302-4 .
- ↑ Guanches . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 12 : Gichtel - harmonium . London 1910, p. 650 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
- ↑ Web catalog for esotericism, art and multimedia ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
