Acoran

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

• Abreu Galindo, J. de (c. 1602). Historia de la conquista de las siete islas de Canaria.
• Tejera Gaspar, A. (1988). La religion de los guanches. La Laguna.