Culture

Ranks are not the only thing that changes, but also their rituals, beliefs and the lives of the leader. Yes, the mencey does not have 9 lives, but 7.

Cats born into the clan tend to take Guanche names and variants of these, although human names can always be found in the clan, due to abandoned or lost cats or simply mothers who consider themselves creative.

To name a new mencey, it is the god of the sky, Achaman, or the god of the sun, Magec, who appear to them and name them leader. In addition, they are deities like them and many other minor gods who communicate with the mencey and faicán (medicine cat) in their visions.

Apprentices become warriors after passing a test imposed by the Mencey on the day their mentor considers them fit. These tests can range from catching a certain number of prey to stealing the carpenter's dog's toy.

The dead cats do not join the star clan, but go to a kind of underworld, governed by the lava demon Guayota, who everyone fears. They fear him so much that, as they say he lives in volcanoes, the cats do not dare to climb too high on the slopes of the two volcanic cones to the west of their territory, fearing to make the evil god furious.