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The traditional Berber religion is the sum of ancient and native set of beliefs and deities adhered to by the Berbers.Originally, the Berbers seem to have believed in worship of the sun and moon, animism and in the afterlife, but interactions with the Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans influenced religious practice and melted traditional faiths with new ones.
The regime of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya also banned the teaching of Berber languages, and, in a 2008 leaked diplomatic cable, the Libyan leader warned Berber minorities: "You can call yourselves whatever you want inside your homes – Berbers, Children of Satan, whatever – but you are only Libyans when you leave your homes."
Characters in Berber mythology (2 C, 1 P) G. Guanche mythology (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Berber mythology" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Both ideologies used Kahina's mythology as a founding myth. On one side, she was the one who fought the Arabs and Islam to keep Algeria Christian, on the other, she was the one who fought all invaders (Byzantines or Arabs) to create an independent state. [22]
Tinjis (Berber languages: ⵜⵉⵏⵊⴰ, romanized: Tinja) (also called Tinga, and also spelled as Tingis) was a Libyan queen as the wife of King Antaeus in Berber and Greek mythology, [1] and some kind of a female deity.
Magec (Guanche Berber Ma-ɣeq, 'possesses radiance' or 'mother of brightness' [1]), in Tenerife, [2] was a deity in the ancient Berber mythology.Magec was god or goddess (actual gender is unknown) of the Sun and light and is thought to be one of the principal divinities in the Guanche religion.
Berber tribes are tribes of Berber descent inhabiting the Maghreb region. They are traditionally divided into three large tribal confederations: Masmuda , Zenata and Sanhaja . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They often form smaller confederations of tribes together (for example the Haha or the Ait Yafelman ).
Berber goddesses (2 C, 3 P) Berber gods (1 C, 1 P) G. Guanche deities (2 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Berber deities" This category contains only the following page.