Guatimac

Guatimac is a guanche idol figurine, found in 1885, surrounded in the skin of goat and hidden in a cave, in Fasnia (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain).

It is related to the magical and religious world of guanches. It represents a genius or protective spirit, in the form of an owl and was used by priests of the Guanche civilization. The Guatimac represents the internal world, the spirit of the soldier guanche. It is currently housed in the Archaeological Museum of Puerto de la Cruz.

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