Tutelary spirits
Guanche · deity · mythic past · Recorded classification
Tutelary/intermediary spirit-class of the Guanches (Maxios; the harmful counterpart class is the tibicenas). Treated as a deity-class entry (spirit-class -> deity), not an individual. English plain phrase 'Tutelary spirits' leads.
Domains
- household and place guardianship
Powers
- mediate with the goddess and guard the home and holy places
Relations
- companion: ChaxiraxiReciprocal of guanche_chaxiraxi.companion — The Maxios, tutelary intermediary spirits, mediate the Sun Mother to humankind.Antonio Tejera Gaspar, La religion de los guanches (1988) (secondary)
Sources
- The Maxios (also called Dioses Paredros) were minor Guanche gods/spirits who mediated between the mother-goddess Chaxiraxi and humanity and served as guardians of holy places and domestic spirits of the home.: Tejera Gaspar, A. (1988). La religion de los guanches. La Laguna. (reference); Wolfel, D. J. (1965). Monumenta Linguae Canariae. Graz. (reference)