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Spanish term or phrase:
se puso por faisán
English translation:
appointed him as Faycan (high priest)/religious leader
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Marie Wilson
Jun 20, 2017 13:41
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Text from Canary Islands
El papel de la mujer en la Gran Canaria aborigen puede tener una proyección importante en el estudio de las sociedades pretéritas, en aspectos como la matrilinealidad en la trasmisión del poder:
”… el qual tomó de Guanarteme el nombre, y desde a poco murió su Padre y de voluntad de la prima se puso por faisán de Gáldar un tío della hermano de madre que llamaron Guanarteme Semidán” (Morales, 1993:
Having trouble getting my head around this sentence ... this is what I have so far ... any help would be much appreciated.
”… whose name came from Guanarteme and shortly after the death of the Father and at the will of the female cousin an uncle of the mother's brother called Guanarteme Semidán became faisán de Gáldar” (Morales, 1993:
”… el qual tomó de Guanarteme el nombre, y desde a poco murió su Padre y de voluntad de la prima se puso por faisán de Gáldar un tío della hermano de madre que llamaron Guanarteme Semidán” (Morales, 1993:
Having trouble getting my head around this sentence ... this is what I have so far ... any help would be much appreciated.
”… whose name came from Guanarteme and shortly after the death of the Father and at the will of the female cousin an uncle of the mother's brother called Guanarteme Semidán became faisán de Gáldar” (Morales, 1993:
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I think "faisan" is the same as "faycán", and it is a title of the indigenous inhabitants. Here are examples where it has been translated as high priest.
"Their society was very strict and hierarchical. The nobles who inherited their titles directed the economy and controlled land and livestock. The Guanarteme governed over them all together with the religious leader, the Faycán, responsible for all the religious rites. The Harimaguadas were also important in the religious sphere. These were noble women, expressly educated to these ends from childhood and who shared the responsibilities of the Faycán."
http://grancanaria.com/patronato_turismo/Native-Culture.504....
The Canarian: Or, Book of the Conquest and Conversion of the ...
https://books.google.es/books?isbn=110801139X
Pierre Bontier, Jean Le Verrier - 2010 - History
The Great Canary is twenty leagues long1 and twelve broad, and is shaped like a ... The inhabitants are tall, and look upon themselves as noble,2 having none of the ... The faycan or high priest, whose authority was equal to that of the princes, ...
"El Faycán pertenece a los nobles, aunque desempeña funciones religiosas. Dirige los rituales y ofrendas, distribuye las reservas alimenticias en momentos de necesidad, dirige al grupo sacerdotal de la Harimaguadas, puede que también sea adivino consejero…"
http://www.estodotuyo.com/2011/04/22/la-organizacion-social-...
"Their society was very strict and hierarchical. The nobles who inherited their titles directed the economy and controlled land and livestock. The Guanarteme governed over them all together with the religious leader, the Faycán, responsible for all the religious rites. The Harimaguadas were also important in the religious sphere. These were noble women, expressly educated to these ends from childhood and who shared the responsibilities of the Faycán."
http://grancanaria.com/patronato_turismo/Native-Culture.504....
The Canarian: Or, Book of the Conquest and Conversion of the ...
https://books.google.es/books?isbn=110801139X
Pierre Bontier, Jean Le Verrier - 2010 - History
The Great Canary is twenty leagues long1 and twelve broad, and is shaped like a ... The inhabitants are tall, and look upon themselves as noble,2 having none of the ... The faycan or high priest, whose authority was equal to that of the princes, ...
"El Faycán pertenece a los nobles, aunque desempeña funciones religiosas. Dirige los rituales y ofrendas, distribuye las reservas alimenticias en momentos de necesidad, dirige al grupo sacerdotal de la Harimaguadas, puede que también sea adivino consejero…"
http://www.estodotuyo.com/2011/04/22/la-organizacion-social-...
Example sentence:
The faycan or high priest, whose authority was equal to that of the princes
On the same day Chief Bentejuí and his shaman-advisor Faycán committed suicide by jumping off a cliff while shouting Atis Tirma (for my land).
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Comment: "Thank you Marie. I appreciate the help with this."
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