Chaxiraxi
Chaxiraxi is a
pantheon. She was associated with the star Canopus
.
As natives of the Canary Islands are believed to have originally been pre-civilization
Punic-Berber goddess Tanit, and given a different name and set of attributes. She is also associated by some with the alleged appearance c. 1392, 1400 or 1401 of the Virgin of Candelaria on Güímar, on the island of Tenerife, carrying her infant, Chijoraji
.
Present-day worship
Chaxiraxi is considered the main goddess of the
neo-pagan religion the Church of the Guanche People
.
References
- ISBN 978-84-9740-221-7
External links
- (in Spanish) Guanche Religion
- (in Spanish) Mundo Guanche: Chaxiraxi
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