Atlantis sank, they escaped: What is known about the red-haired and blue-eyed giants who lived in the Canary Islands 3,000 years ago?
Legends tell of the height, bright beauty, and excellent physical shape of the inhabitants of the Canary Islands. No one knows where this mysterious tribe came from 3,000 years ago. The Guanches called themselves the children of the volcano. The blue-eyed and red-haired giants were excellent hunters and swimmers. Unfortunately, the Spaniards destroyed this mysterious person. To this day, their origin causes scientists to be perplexed. Where did the Guanches come from?
quickly covered the distance from island to island. They fought the Spaniards fiercely and fearlessly.
children of the volcano. There is also a legend that the inhabitants of Tenerife were once shepherds of the Atlanteans. They miraculously escaped when Atlantis sank.
nches. These people mummified their dead. There are monuments to the Guanche chiefs on the island of Tenerife.
Guanche tools were
by brothers. The marital customs of the tribe are also interesting. Marriage could not be concluded between representatives of different classes. The bride was chosen by weight. A girl weighing less than a hundred pounds was unsuitable for a wife.
t did not have such weapons, and their forces were unequal. At the same time, they withstood the onslaught of the Spaniards, defending their possessions, for almost a century and a half.
the surviving Guanches mixed with Europeans, thus continuing their existence.