Acoran
Guanche · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Supreme being of the pre-conquest Canarii of Gran Canaria (and, under cognate names, of El Hierro, La Palma and La Gomera). Entered separately from Achaman because the island-specific names are distinctly attested; the task lists Achaman under Tenerife and these as the wider Canarian high-god. On El Hierro women also venerated the goddess Moneiba. Classified deity (high-god).
Domains
- sky
- creation
Powers
- uphold the world from the sacred heights
Sources
- Acoran was the supreme creator sky-god of the aboriginal people of Gran Canaria, counterpart to Achaman of Tenerife, with cognate high-gods Eraorahan (El Hierro), Abora (La Palma) and Orahan (La Gomera).: Abreu Galindo, J. de (c. 1602). Historia de la conquista de las siete islas de Canaria. (reference); Tejera Gaspar, A. (1988). La religion de los guanches. La Laguna. (reference)