Case file · Folklore / legend
Guayota, the devil of Teide
The Guanches of Tenerife believed the demon Guayota lived inside Teide volcano and had once imprisoned the sun; the friar Alonso de Espinosa recorded the belief in 1594.
1594 CE · 28.27, -16.64 · status: legend
The account
Guayota was said to lead the tibicenas, demon dogs with red eyes. Espinosa's book on the Virgin of Candelaria is the main early source on Guanche beliefs.