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 | 1 |
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 |
Virgin of Candelaria
ⓘ
surface form:
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.