What is "chaxiraxi"

Chaxiraxi is a goddess, known as the Sun Mother, in the religion of the aboriginal Guanche inhabitants of the Canary Islands. The goddess Chaxiraxi was one of the principal goddesses of their pantheon. She was associated with the star Canopus.

As the people of the Canary Islands are believed to have originally been Berbers, it is theorized that Chaxiraxi was adapted from the goddess Tanit, given a different name and set of attributes. She is also associated with the alleged appearance c. 1392, 1400 or 1401 of the Virgin of Candelaria on Güímar, on the island of Tenerife, carrying her infant, Chijoraji.