Chaxiraxi

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Chaxiraxi is a principal mother-goddess figure in the traditional religion of the Guanche people of the Canary Islands, often associated with fertility, protection, and later syncretized with the Virgin Mary.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chaxiraxi canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf deity in Guanche religion ⓘ
goddess ⓘ
mother goddess ⓘ
associatedWith Canary Islands ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
protection ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
culture Guanche people ⓘ
domain agriculture ⓘ
fertility of land and people ⓘ
motherhood ⓘ
equatedWith Our Lady of Candelaria ⓘ
function protector of people and livestock ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
historicalTransformation from indigenous goddess to Marian devotion ⓘ
isPartOf indigenous religions of Macaronesia ⓘ
languageContext Guanche language ⓘ
laterVenerationContext Roman Catholicism ⓘ
mythologicalTradition Guanche mythology ⓘ
region Tenerife ⓘ
religion Guanche religion ⓘ
role principal mother-goddess figure ⓘ
syncretizedWith Virgin Mary ⓘ
Virgin of Candelaria ⓘ
timePeriod pre-Hispanic era in the Canary Islands ⓘ
typeOfCult protective deity cult ⓘ
veneratedAs patroness of the Canary Islands ⓘ
widerReligiousContext Iberian and Atlantic Marian devotions ⓘ
worshipedBy Guanche people ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guanche people → mainDeity → Chaxiraxi ⓘ
Guanche religion → hasDeity → Chaxiraxi ⓘ