Guayota
Guanche · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Evil volcanic god / adversary of the Guanche pantheon, personifying Teide's eruptions; the Guanches reportedly called Teide 'Echeyde', understood as a hell-mouth. Adversary/'evil' spirit-class entered as deity per schema. Classified deity (chthonic adversary).
Domains
- volcanic fire
- evil and chaos
Powers
- imprison the sun within the volcano
- command the demon hell-dogs
Epithets
- Guayota The malevolent being who dwells in the volcano Echeyde (Teide) and seizes the sunGuanche tradition recorded by early Castilian chroniclers (secondary)
Relations
- enemy: AchamanAchaman fought the demon of Echeyde, freed the captive sun and sealed Guayota inside Teide.Antonio Tejera Gaspar, La religion de los guanches (1988) (secondary)
- enemy: MagecKidnapped Magec, the sun, into the volcano Teide, plunging the world into darkness until Achaman freed him.Antonio Tejera Gaspar, La religion de los guanches (1988) (secondary)
Sources
- Guayota was the malevolent volcanic deity of the Guanches who dwelt in Echeyde (Mount Teide), took the form of a great black dog, commanded the tibicenas, and imprisoned the sun-god Magec until the high-god Achaman defeated him.: Bethencourt Alfonso, J. (1911). Historia del pueblo guanche. Tenerife. (reference); Tejera Gaspar, A. (1988). La religion de los guanches. La Laguna. (reference)