Guanches

It is related to the magical and religious world of the Guanches.

Several burial caves used by the Guanches have been found.

The political and social institutions of the Guanches varied.

The objective was to defeat the Guanches in the centre of their heartland.

Another baffling mystery is how the Guanches arrived on the islands.

Little information has survived regarding the religious and cosmological beliefs of the Guanches.

Little is known of the religion of the Guanches.

Meanwhile, the Guanches, alerted by inhabitants on the coast, gathered their forces.

Pottery has a long history harking back to the production of ceramics by the Guanches.

The Guanches also believed that Teide held up the sky.

The area was inhabited by the Guanches before the arrival of the Spanish.

This story may suggest that the islands were inhabited by other peoples prior to the Guanches.

It resulted in a victory for the Guanches of Tenerife.

He encountered fierce resistance from some Guanches chiefs there.

The area was known to the Guanches, the first inhabitants of the island, as Añazo.

It was here that the Guanches built pyres upon which to make offerings of goats and sheep to their god.

The original Canarians came to be called Guanches, meaning in the native tongue "man."

Some say it came from Egypt, others that the Guanches may have devised it.

These people were called the Guanches.

The magnificent panorama includes two rock formations that were once worshipped by the Guanches.

It was adopted in the 16th century after the last of the Guanches adapted their whistled language to Spanish.

Chijoraji is the aboriginal Guanches name given to this representation of Christ.

The Guanches had a Neolithic culture divided into several clans led by chiefs.

But how did the Guanches arrive to the islands if there was no evidence of Guanche boats?

Also found in the chapel windows with scenes from the apparition of the Virgin to the Guanches.