"person of Tenerife" (from Guan = person and Achinet = Tenerife). It was modified, according to Juan Núñez de la Peña, by the Castilians into "Guanche". Though...

form of Guanche speech used for communicating over long distances, was used on La Gomera, El Hierro, Tenerife, and Gran Canaria. As the Guanche language...

intentionally desiccated remains of members of the indigenous Guanche people of the Tenerife. The Guanche mummies were made during the eras prior to Spanish settlement...

Añazo or Añaza (Guanche name), Puerto de Santiago Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Santiago de Tenerife, and Santa Cruz de Tenerife (current), which...

square are statues of the nine aboriginal kings of Tenerife. In the times of the historic Guanche, the region was part of the menceyato, or kingdom, of...

Guanche People (Spanish: Iglesia del Pueblo Guanche) is a religious organisation, founded in 2001 in the city of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife...

might have named the island for the famous Guanche king, Tinerfe, nicknamed "the Great", who ruled Tenerife before the Canary Islands were conquered by...

the Cave of the Guanches. This archaeological area is where the earliest Guanche autochthonous settlements on the island of Tenerife have been found....

the natives of Tenerife, called Guanches. The battle took place on 14-15 November 1494. Fernández de Lugo had suffered defeat by Guanche forces at the...

Pelinor was a Guanche mencey king of Menceyato de Adeje at the time of the conquest of Tenerife in the 15th century. Alongside the menceyes of Abona and...

culture of the Guanche and also has one of the most modern methods of presentation of mummies, (announced in 2006 by the Cabildo de Tenerife through a communique)...

The Guanche mummies of Necochea are two mummies of Guanche individuals, who were the ancient Berber autochthones of the Canary Islands. The specimens are...

Museo Guanche is an ethnographic museum in Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife. It is focused on the Guanches, the native inhabitants of the Canary Islands. It...

Antón Guanche was a Guanche aborigine of the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) protagonist of the events around the presence among the Guanches of...

Anaga rural park. It borders Punta del Hidalgo, in the area of El Paso del Guanche, with Tegueste in the summits, and with Tejina in the area of El Riego...

The First Battle of Acentejo took place on the island of Tenerife between the Guanches and an alliance of Spaniards, other Europeans, and associated natives...

passes through the municipality. The Tenerife North Airport is 4 km to the east. Tacoronte is a toponym of Guanche origin, believed to be derived from...

Tegueste or Tegueste II was a Guanche King (mencey) of Menceyato de Tegueste, reigning during the conquest of Tenerife in the fifteenth century. In 1494...

Princess Dácil was a Guanche princess of the kingdom of Taoro on the island of Tenerife (in the Canary Islands), best known for her marriage to a conqueror...

culture of the Guanche and also has one of the most modern methods of presentation of mummies, (announced in 2006 by the Cabildo de Tenerife through a communique)...

Tinguaro (died December 1495, in La Laguna) was a Guanche sigoñe (transl. warrior) of Tenerife, also known as Chimechia and Achimenchia Tinguaro. Tinguaro...

Guatimac is an owl-shaped Guanche cult image, found in 1885, hidden in a cave between the municipalities of Fasnia and Güímar (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain)...

Gonsalvus was born around 1537 in Tenerife, shortly after the conquest of the island by Alonso Fernández de Lugo. He was of Guanche descent. Gonsalvus first came...

be known collectively as the Guanches, although Guanches had been the name for only the indigenous inhabitants of Tenerife. According to a 2024 study by...

rocks Cave of Achbinico Church of the Guanche People Guanche mummies Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania Stone of the Guanches Mitchell, Peter (2005). African Connections:...

also written Pellicar or Belicar was a Guanche mencey king of Menceyato of Icode in times of the conquest of Tenerife in the fifteenth century. Pelicar joined...

of Tenerife, south and to the other islands the figure of Animero gradually becomes less frequent and probably related to earlier forms of Guanche worship...

Masca is a small mountain village on the island of Tenerife. It was originally a Guanche settlement before the Spanish conquest in 1496. The village is...

Islands are commonly known as Guanches (although this term in its strict sense only refers to the original inhabitants of Tenerife). They are most probably...

from which the modern name is derived. The island's name in the native Guanche language was Tyterogaka or Tytheroygaka, which may mean "one that is all...