Animero
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A Animero was in the Canary Islands
(Spain
), a person who is popularly attributed certain holiness.
The Animeros is typical especially the north of the island of Tenerife
, south and to the other islands the figure of Animero gradually becomes less frequent and probably related to earlier forms of worship guanche the arrival of Christianity
in the Canary Islands. In their worship combine elements of Catholicism
with symbols similar to Guanches
from the Amazigh environment, similar to the marabouts in Magreb.
The Animeros they said to contact the dead and cast out demons. At present the Animeros are practically extinct.
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...
(Spain
Spain
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), a person who is popularly attributed certain holiness.
The Animeros is typical especially the north of the island of Tenerife
Tenerife
Tenerife is the largest and most populous island of the seven Canary Islands, it is also the most populated island of Spain, with a land area of 2,034.38 km² and 906,854 inhabitants, 43% of the total population of the Canary Islands. About five million tourists visit Tenerife each year, the...
, south and to the other islands the figure of Animero gradually becomes less frequent and probably related to earlier forms of worship guanche the arrival of Christianity
Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
in the Canary Islands. In their worship combine elements of Catholicism
Catholicism
Catholicism is a broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its theologies and doctrines, its liturgical, ethical, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole....
with symbols similar to Guanches
Guanches
Guanches is the name given to the aboriginal Berber inhabitants of the Canary Islands. It is believed that they migrated to the archipelago sometime between 1000 BCE and 100 BCE or perhaps earlier...
from the Amazigh environment, similar to the marabouts in Magreb.
The Animeros they said to contact the dead and cast out demons. At present the Animeros are practically extinct.