AnAnimero (in theCanary Islands,Spain) is a person who is popularly attributed certain holiness.
The Animeros are typical especially in the north of the island ofTenerife, south and to the other islands the figure of Animero gradually becomes less frequent and probably related to earlier forms of Guanche worship prior to the arrival ofChristianity. Their worship combines elements ofCatholicism with symbols similar toGuanches from theAmazigh environment, similar to themarabouts inMaghreb.
The Animeros are said to contact the dead and cast outdemons.