List of Basque mythological figures

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Basajaun, the wild man of the woods

The following is a list of gods, goddesses and many other divine and semi-divine figures and creatures from ancient Basque mythology.

## Deities

* Aide, a minor goddess of wind and air.
* Amalur, the goddess of the earth.
* Eate, the god of storms, sometimes associated with fire and ice.
* Egoi, a minor wind deity, associated with the south wind.
* Eki, the goddess of the Sun, the daughter of Amalur.
* Ilargi, the goddess of the Moon, also a daughter of Amalur.
* Inguma, the malevolent god of dreams and nightmares.
* Mari, a mother goddess, and wife of the deity Sugaar.
* Orko, the god of thunder.
* Sugaar, the god of storms and thunder, and the husband of Mari. He is normally imagined as a dragon or serpent.

## Spirits and other figures

Tartalo, the Basque cyclops

* Aatxe, a cave-dwelling spirit who adopts the form of a young red bull, but being a shapeshifter, sometimes takes the shape of a man.
* Akerbeltz, demonic spirit in the form of a billy goat.
* Basajaun, the wild man of the woods.
* Gaizkiñ, an evil spirit that causes diseases.
* Gaueko, an evil spirit that comes out at night.
* Herensuge, a dragon who plays an important role in a few legends.
* Iratxoak, Basque imps, which can be helpful or mischievous depending on how well one treats them.
* Jean de l'Ours, a man born to a woman and a bear.
* Jentilak, giants sometimes portrayed throwing rocks at churches.
* Lamiak, nymphs with bird feet that dwell in rivers and springs.
* Mairuak, giants who build stone circles.
* Odei, nature spirit of thunder and the personification of storm clouds.
* Olentzero, a jentil, the Basque equivalent of Santa Claus.
* San Martin Txiki, popular Christian trickster figure.
* Sorginak, handmaidens and assistants of the goddess Mari.
* Tartalo, the Basque equivalent of the Greco-Roman Cyclops.[1]

## References

1. ↑ ikaskuntza, aunamendi.eusko. "Mythology". http://aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus/artikuluak/artikulua.php?id=eu&ar=96329. Retrieved 8 July 2019.

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