Guayota
Sign in to savethumb|220px|right|Mount Teide on Tenerife, according to mythology, was the home of Guayota. Guayota, in Guanche mythology of Tenerife (the Canary Islands), was the principal malignant deity and Achamán's adversary.
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thumb|220px|right|Mount Teide on Tenerife, according to mythology, was the home of Guayota. Guayota, in Guanche mythology of Tenerife (the Canary Islands), was the principal malignant deity and Achamán's adversary.
==Mythology== According to Guanche legend, Guayota lived inside the Teide volcano, one of the gateways to the underworld. He was said to be represented as a black dog and was accompanied by demons, also in the form of black dogs, known as tibicenas.