#guanche mythology

[valkyries-things]

CHAXIRAXI // GUANCHE GODDESS OF THE SUN

“She is a goddess, known as the Sun Mother, in the religion of the aboriginal Guanche inhabitants of the Canary Islands. Chaxiraxi was one of the principal goddesses of the Guanche pantheon. She was associated with the star Canopus. As natives of the Canary Islands are believed to have originally been pre-civilization Berbers, it is conjectured that Chaxiraxi may have been adapted from the Punic-Berber goddess Tanit, and given a different name and set of attributes.”

[chronomally]

New hobby is filtering the sale section in the Switch Shop looking for games with demos here are some I tried:

Arise: A 3D puzzle game where you play as an older man exploring vignettes from his past. The game is really pretty and it has an interesting time scrolling mechanic, but the controls are ponderously slow (which makes sense because your character is old but I'm impatient so it doesn't hit) and I found some of the puzzles confusing to the point that I wasn't able to finish the demo. Would watch someone else play

Griftlands: A rogue-like deck building game where you play as one of 3 characters and can approach problems either through negotiation or battle. I like the character designs (lots of cool-looking women for the sapphics lol) and the way you can always explore the interface to explain the world and the different card effects. I'll probably pick this one up at some point

Death and Taxes: You play as a Grim Reaper who has to evaluate a set of profiles each day and select at least one person to die according to Fate's specifications. Fate's voice acting and art are really pretty and it feels like it's building to something bigger than you can get to in the demo. I plan on reading some reviews to see if the payoff is worth picking it up

Not on sale but also

Guayota: A puzzle dungeon exploring game based on the mythology of the Guanche people of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. The concept of this is already really cool and I really liked the art. I think this would be really interesting if you like games that explore other cultures/histories (although it's not strictly about the Guanche). I don't think the Switch handles some of the scene transitions particularly gracefully so I'm looking forward to playing this on PC when I have more free time

[flowylightwitch]

CREEPYPASTA AS MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURES

(I saw someone doing this time ago with some of then but I dont remember the @ so if you know pls tell me )

X- Virus (cody) :

Thb I think he would be an centaurus, why?Because chiron's myth

(in resume he was son of a god and got injured by a spare or a arrow he had to live with the pain because his immortality is he traveled around the world learning medicine to cure but in the end he was transformed in a constellation because the gods pitied him to end his paint )

Electra:

I'm not really decide I have two options:

a mermaid (cuz I love them and is super cool and would fit her alot )

or a tibicena (that's a mythological creature form my folklore , they are basically very big and dark dogs that go out form the volcano at night they are commonly found in ravines, are sons of a deamon that lives in a volcano (and also the incarnation of evil)

They look like this:

Tbh I prefer way the tibicena cause I like this creature a lot because it's from the aborigines of my island

[akku-sketchbookvol2]

#creatuanary2021 

 Day 6: Tibicena 

 A Tibicena also known as Gaucanchas was the mythological creature of the Guanches, pre-Hispanic inhabitants of Canary Island. They were imagined to be demons or genies that looked like great wild dogs with red eyes and long black fur. They lived in the caves in mountains and are often noted to prey on the livestock and persons, especially during night. Now, coming to the good folks of Kerala, mainly the 90s kids must remember about an unknown creature that terrorized the night time, killing and drinking the blood of livestock, whom the natives simply chose to call "Anyathajeevi". They too were described by eye witnesses as a creature that looked like a big dog, black fur and glowing eyes. Coincidence? 

[lpbestiary]

Guayota is a malevolent entity in the mythology of the Canary Islands. It is believed to live within Mount Teide, a volcano on Tenerife. It is the master of the Tibicena, and is said to resemble a huge black dog.

The legend states that Guayota kidnapped Magec, the sun, and trapped them inside the volcano. After the terrified humans prayed to Achamán, the supreme god of the Guanches, Magec was freed, and Guayota was imprisoned within Mount Teide.

Image source.

Monster master list.

Suggest a spook.

[minus-moscow]

for @fyeahmyths summer myth event, day 5: african deity

Magec (Berber) –

Magec is the goddess of the sun and light in Berber mythology. She is also one of the chief deities of the Guanche religion (practiced by the original inhabitants of the Canary Islands). Her name means “possesses radiance” or “mother of brightness”.

[aokane-eldarya]

Theory : The parallel between Earth and Eldarya

First of all, I wanted to thank you, @yashiro-hatsuki and @bitchimunique, for  your interest in my theory <3

As I was asked, I am sharing the theory I wrote about the parallel between Earth and Eldarya. I had proposed this theory on the dedicated topic on the french forum, but only a player had loved, the few others thinking that the writers surely had not done something so worked, because for them, there was too many holes in the script, and that was enough to say that it was not so worked. 

Meh. I really like my theory and I'll keep it until something proves me wrong. Being an fantasy author myself, I know that you can work a lot in your world but still have some problems in your plot, as you can't prepare anything and write a perfectly coherent text.

Anyway, here is the theory. It is quite long, I hope it will be understandable with my hesitant English. So, first, so that you can locate you, I have placed landmarks on a map of Europe, you will only have to report to the corresponding number.

1 - Glas Gow = Glasgow

In her mission report, Cameria explains that after recovering the corrupted crystals in the Gran Ysmisse mines and fought an over-contaminated Magi, she found herself on the trail of the kidnapper. She followed the trail to Glas Gow and lost track there. In our world, Glasgow is Scotland's largest and most populated city. 

  2 - The mines of Gran Ysmisse = The sunken city of Ys.

It is in the mines of Gran Ysmisse that Cameria recovers some of the corrupt crystals that she brought back from her mission.

How did I get to the legendary city of Ys? It's very simple, I relied on the transformation of Glasgow= > Glas Gow, sensing that the team had rearranged the spelling so that it sounds better.

Gran Ysmisse = Grand Ys missed.

Ys is a legendary city of Brittany, France. Like Atlantis, Sodom and Gomorrah and other places, she would have suffered divine wrath because of the sins of her people and especially those of the princess, Dahut.

There are many variations, but there are similarities and Dahut is the central character of this legend. By mixing a little bit of everything, we can say of her that she is the daughter that the legendary king of Cornwall Gradlon had with a queen of the North, Malgven. The latter being designated as a valkyrie, she transmits to her daughter its fairy nature. Dahut is considered a fairy with the ability to change into a mermaid.

Some versions make Dahut the guardian of the floodgates that prevent water from invading the city. She and her mother are women of the Other World. It is the equivalent of Hell and Paradise among the Celts. The gates of the Other World were guarded either by Fairies or by Banshees. Dahut was one of those guardians.

In other words, she occupied more or less the same role as Enthraa.

The biggest sin that Dahut has been accused of provoking divine wrath is having sex with the devil.

When we look at the location of Gran Ysmisse and Glas Gow based on the position of their equivalents on Earth, we see that this route was quite accessible to Cameria

3 - Balenvia = Hamelin/Hameln

This is the comparison made by a French youtuber (la dreameuse) in one of her videos and I agree with her

As a reminder, Hamelin/Hameln, a german village, is known for his legend of the flute player. This legend is repeated in Eldarya: the flute player is the ancestor of Huang Hua. He would have used the powers of his flute to free the faerys, then he would have opened the mountain in two, allowing the faerys and some children of the village to end up on Eldarya.

This is how we find Balenvia, where there is a mountain cut in two. Huang Hua explains that his ancestor certainly didn’t open a mountain in two and that it is an exaggeration of the storytellers.

What happened in my opinion is that, arrived in front of the mountain, the fenghuang used the flute to open a portal on Eldarya, displaying the vision of the cut mountain of Balenvia. Once the portal closed, the mountain on Earth reappeared whole. Incredulous eyes may have thought that he had actually opened the mountain in two, when in reality they had had a glimpse of Eldarya.

4 - The Jade Coast (Kappa region) = Messenia - Laconia

To try to find the location of the area where the Kappas live, I used exploration map. At the bottom right is the Amphea river; we know it thanks to the exploration points. So I looked for the equivalent of Amphea on Earth and discovered that it was the name of an ancient city of Messenia that was on the border between Messenia and Laconia, two departments of the Peloponnese, a region of Greece. This is the first city captured by the Spartans during the first year of the first messenian war

(map in French)

Another detail that makes me think that I aim well with Greece is the Phibea sea. Phibea is the name of the first woman to have plunged into these waters (accordind to the exploration map), but it is also a name that is very similar to Phoebe, which is the name of several characters from Greek mythology. (In French, Phoebe = Phébe)

5 - Ezarel’s homeland, Lund'Mulhingar = Nordic countries

It’s difficult to clearly place a country / region. But by simply returning the name to a search engine, I quickly found a match. Two to be precise, namely two cities. The first, Lund, is a town in southern Sweden, not far from Denmark. The second, Mullingar, is a city in Ireland.

In the game, when we show the nomads the brooch, one of them says they don’t usually go to the Northern Kingdoms, which brings a new correspondence with the Nordic countries. Finally, the elves come from the myths and legends of these countries. Note: on my map, Glas Gow is included in Lund'Mulhingar. It should be treated cautiously, I chose the ease by drawing the route Lund-Mullingar. Maybe the border is not quite there, maybe it's a circle over Glas Glow. We know that Cameria has made it easy, but we don’tt know the political situation of Ezarel’country.

6 - Gorona Gorges = Canary Islands.

This is an NPC/PNJ that mentions these gorge in episode 21. He tells Miiko that it is there he found traces of mermaid. Leiftan explains to the gardienne that this is a volcanic region where lava flows.

While searching Gorona, I found a single interesting but surprising occurrence: Gorona del Viento, the name of a hydroelectric power station located on El Hierro island, the smallest of the Canary Islands. It was not enough as a clue for me, but it gave me at least a trail, the Spanish origin. But impossible to find a meaning in Gorona.

So I became interested again in the station, because the name had to come from somewhere. I finally found out what I needed: an article in Spanish dedicated to the name of the company.

That's how I learned that gorona was a common word in guanche and meant stone circle. The Guanche people were the indigenous people of the Canary Islands. This time, I had something solid. The guanches were of Berber origin. There are few written sources, so there were plenty of assumptions, including that they descended from the Atlanteans.

Anyway, that's how I breng the Gorona Gorges and the Canary Islands.

7 - The Dantea region = Greece-Bulgaria

One of the most difficult to find, especially since we are talking about a region. My first reflex was to look for Dantea, without success. I realized I had to look for the spelling of the word and thought of a French contraction. Dantea => d’Anthea (”of Anthea” in english).

And there, bingo ! Anthea exists. It is the name of several mythological female characters. This is also one of the epithets of the goddess Hera. Although it gave me an indication of the origin, I needed something else. I did not find a place called this, but I learned that Anthea was the Romanized form of Antheia.

 And cities / villages bearing this name, I found several, mainly names of ancient cities. I had to fumble a bit for geographical clues related to these ancient places. The good thing is that we stay in the same geographical area, as you can see on this map.

And yes, if my hypothesis is correct, Danthea region is close to the Kappa’s.

8 - The Umbra valley = la Valle Umbra 

Yes, it's not more complicated than that xD In the game, the Umbra Valley is the place where the nomads come from. In our world, la Valle Umbra is a vast plain with alluvial origin located in the center of Italy

? # 1 - The Eel region?

We don’t have much clues about Eel's location. I placed it here for a question of logic taking into account the positioning of Balenvia, which is not that far from the HQ according to the game

? # 2 - The Fenghuangs Temple?

Several players were surprised that we take the boat to go to the Kappas and that we go through the mainland to go to the Fenghuangs. This is because unconsciously, the fact that both are in the Jade Kingdom suggests that they are necessarily close geographically. Except  this is not indicated at any time in the game. Lille and Marseille are two cities in France, yet they are opposite each other.

Differences and similarities of topography

In seeking these correspondences, I realized something for the places whose topography we knew. Some have similarities, reminders with their earth equivalent while others are the opposite, as in negative

Similar places:

- The mines of Gran Ysmisse and the sunken city of Ys: for these two places, we find the idea of ​​depth

- The Jade coast and Messenia / Laconia: the contours of the two areas are very similar, there is even a mountain.

- Balenvia and Hameln/Hamelin: A small village, a path that leads to a mountain. Both villages have the same configuration

Places with opposite topographies:

- Gorona Gorges and the Canary Islands: For both we are on a volcanic land. But while Gorona Gorges are, well, gorges with visible lava that flows to the bottom, the Canary Islands have reliefs that can peak to more than 3000m above sea level.

Finally, there is another detail that I have noticed about the places that have similarities : there is always a portal, that it takes place in our legends or in the lore of Eldarya:

- The City of Ys: According to legend, Princess Dahut was the guardian of a door leading to the Other World

- On the exploration map of the Jade coast, there is a Torii, which was an ancient portal

- The ancestor of Huang Hua opened a portal in the village of Hamelin/Hameln

 Ok, It finished. I am not saying that all my correspondences are accurate, but I think there is a good basis.

Thank you to all who have had the courage to read me to the end! <3 <3 <3

[doyourememberwhoyouarenowyet]

SACRED 40 YEARS MAUNA LOA & THE RETURN OF TUTU PELE GODDESS OF FIRE!  AbodeHalemaʻumaʻuSymbolfire, volcanoPersonal informationParentsHaumeaKu-waha-iloSiblingsHiʻiakaNāmakaKapoKamohoaliiKāne MilohaiIn different stories talking about the goddess Pele, she was born from the female spirit named Haumea. This spirit is important when talking about Hawaiʻi's gods as she descended from Papa, or Earth Mother, and Wakea, Sky Father, both descendants of the supreme beings. Pele is also known as "She who shapes the sacred land," known to be said in ancient Hawaiian chants.[3][4] The first published stories of Pele were written by William Ellis.[5]: 5 LegendsEditAccording to legend, Pele lives in Halemaʻumaʻu of Kīlauea in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park.Kīlauea is a currently active volcano that is located on the island of Hawaiʻi and is still being extensively studied.[6] Many Hawaiians believe Kilauea to be inhabited by a "family of fire gods," one of the sisters being Pele who is believed to govern Kilauea and is responsible for controlling its lava flows.[7] There are several traditional legends associated with Pele in Hawaiian mythology. In addition to being recognized as the goddess of volcanoes, Pele is also known for her power, passion, jealousy, and capriciousness. She has numerous siblings, including Kāne Milohai, Kamohoaliʻi, Nāmaka, and numerous sisters named Hiʻiaka, the most famous being Hiʻiakaikapoliopele (Hiʻiaka in the bosom of Pele). They are usually considered to be the offspring of Haumea. Pele's siblings include deities of various types of wind, rain, fire, ocean wave forms, and cloud forms. Her home is believed to be the fire pit called Halemaʻumaʻu at the summit caldera of Kīlauea, one of the Earth's most active volcanoes, but her domain encompasses all volcanic activity on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.[8]Pele shares features similar to other malignant deities inhabiting volcanoes, as in the case of the devil Guayota of Guanche Mythology in Canary Islands (Spain), living on the volcano Teide and was considered by the aboriginal Guanches as responsible for the eruptions of the volcano.[9]Legend told that Pele herself journeyed on her canoe from the island of Tahiti to Hawaiʻi. When on her journey, it was said she tried to create her fires on different islands, but her sister, Nāmaka, was chasing her, wanting to put an end to her. In the end, the two sisters fought each other and Pele was killed. With this happening, her body was destroyed but her spirit lives in Halemaʻumaʻu on Kilauea. They say, "Her body is the lava and steam that comes from the volcano. She can also change form, appearing as a white dog, old woman, or beautiful young woman."[10]In addition to her role as goddess of fire and her strong association with volcanoes, Pele is also regarded as the "goddess of the hula."[11] She is a significant figure in the history of hula because of her sister Hiʻiaka, who is believed to be the first person to dance hula.[12] As a result of Pele's significance in hula, there have been many hula dances and chants dedicated to her and her family. With hula being dedicated to Pele, the dance is often performed in a way that represents her intense personality and the movement of volcanoes.[

[rosiross]

Swipe for giggles ⏭ We made it to Mount Taide 🌋 This volcano is the highest point in Spain and the highest point above sea level in the islands of the Atlantic. Also it’s the third-highest volcano in the world and is described by UNESCO and NASA as Earth's fourth-tallest volcanic structure 🌏✨ Teide was a sacred mountain for the aboriginal Guanches, so it was considered a mythological mountain, as Mount Olympus was to the ancient Greeks 🌞 An astronomical observatory is located on the slopes of the mountain, taking advantage of the good weather, and the altitude, which puts it above most clouds, and promotes stable Astronomical seeing. We couldn’t visit because COVID restrictions *sobs dramatically* (at Teide) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQN7j19hgUe/?utm_medium=tumblr

[chronomally]

More Switch demos I tried:

Guayota!!! Guayota is a puzzle game focusing on the mythological/religious beliefs and practices of the Guanche people of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. The premise already had me psyched out of my gourd, but the art is really pretty and it involves some really neat mechanics centered around your character dying because of traps, etc., in the dungeons you explore. My only complaint is the Switch version seems to chug during some of the cut scenes, so it might be better to pick it up on PC instead

Botworld Odyssey isn't technically out yet but I've been thinking about it every day and I have the official release date on my calendar because I am that excited. You play as a little animal who collects, builds, and upgrades bots that fight other bots. It's not as Pokemon-adjacent as it sounds, but it's cute and I'm really looking forward to the full game

[freckledphilologist]

A mermaid, like Triton, messenger of the sea, announces her ship's arrival, a majestic image combining mythology and the ceremonial practice of blowing the conch shell like a horn dating back to ancient times and continued in many present day traditions. In the Canaries, the "bucio" was used by the native Guanches,who held up a giantvconch and blew it symbolically to the four winds when beginning and ending important social and religious events. A beautiful visual of this is when, in the film, A Walk in the Clouds, when the Mexican matron of the Aragon family nobly stands in the middle of an enormous wine barrel blowing in an indigenous moment on a conch to initiate the stomping of the grapes. It's a cinematographically stunning scene. When Triton blew his conch he has the power to calm or raise the waves. #Cantabria #sirena #mermaid #shankha #conch shell #triton #gastropod #aztec #quetzalcoatl (en Cantabria, Spain)

[flowylightwitch]

I found the @

The idea is from

@somewhat-crazy

CREEPYPASTA AS MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURES

(I saw someone doing this time ago with some of then but I dont remember the @ so if you know pls tell me )

X- Virus (cody) :

Thb I think he would be an centaurus, why?Because chiron's myth

(in resume he was son of a god and got injured by a spare or a arrow he had to live with the pain because his immortality is he traveled around the world learning medicine to cure but in the end he was transformed in a constellation because the gods pitied him to end his paint )

Electra:

I'm not really decide I have two options:

a mermaid (cuz I love them and is super cool and would fit her alot )

or a tibicena (that's a mythological creature form my folklore , they are basically very big and dark dogs that go out form the volcano at night they are commonly found in ravines, are sons of a deamon that lives in a volcano (and also the incarnation of evil)

They look like this:

Tbh I prefer way the tibicena cause I like this creature a lot because it's from the aborigines of my island

[lpbestiary]

The Tibicena is a creature from the mythology of the Guanches, prehispanic inhabitants of the Canary Islands. It appears as a large dog with red eyes, though it is actually a demon or genie.

Tibicenas are said to live in caves, leaving at night to attack people and livestock. Some caves are still referred to as "Cueva del Tibicena," or Tibicena lairs.

Image source.

Monster master list.

Suggest a spook.