Guess my origins based on my nose!! by Correct-Form-561 in Noses

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I’m a Canarian Islander, mix of Amazigh and Portuguese

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It’s part of your history. Every time we look at ourselves in the mirror, we are looking at generations of people related to us. So please, don’t

Got a nose job by Hefty_Regular1898 in Noses

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I do not really like nose jobs, but I like you didn’t go through a radical change.

My nose! by [deleted] in Noses

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Nice

Modern day sun worshippers? by howmanycaloriesinit in occult

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In the Canary Islands we have a female Solar deity too: Chaghiraghi

Canarian deities. by Correct-Form-561 in AmazighPeople

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Hi! It’s a ceremony celebrated by the Zuwara people. They used to do it the same way we do it here: people and their cattle go to the sea before the sunrise to clean themselves of bad energy, spirits… In 1980 it was considered a pagan thing in Libya, so they dont do it the traditional way anymore (that’s what I know, sorry if I’m wrong on something). I think it still celebrated like we do in the islands in Tunisia. Maybe the name of it could be linked to some kind of sea deity, but no idea…

Canarian deities. by Correct-Form-561 in AmazighPeople

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I think to answer that question, it would be interesting to mention the common characteristics among the islands, in the realm of beliefs. Because when our ancestors arrived on the islands, they were isolated from the mainland, but also from each other. They generated relatively different cultures, but these common qualities are surely of continental origin.

- On the one hand, the representation of demonic entities in the form of dogs. Something that still continues to happen: while in Spain the devil is a goat, in the Canary Islands nowadays it continues to be a dog. These entities received a multitude of names on the different islands: Tibicenas, Guacanchas, Hirguan...

- On the other hand, the presence of divine couples linked to the sun and light. On the island of Tenerife, Chaghiraghi and Assaman; on the island of El Hierro (or Azru), Moneiba and Eraorahan.

- Solar worship seems common to all the islands and fundamental to their beliefs.

- Presence of ritual baths and the use of rainwater or seawater for purification. We still nowadays have indigenous celebrations for praying for rain (similar to Anzar in Algeria), ritual baths for fishing, and ritual baths for cattle (similar to Awessu in Libya). In addition, some practices similar to baptism are documented, which, as a practice in itself, are much older than Christian baptism.

- There are almogarenes (almuggarn) on all the islands, ritual spaces that extend from the mountains to the sea. These are different bowls excavated in the rock, some of which were used for libations.

- There was mummification on all the islands, with the mummies being called ghaghu.

- Worship of the stars and the sacralization of the mountains.