Basque Mythology
Basque Mythology: The Complete Guide to Mari, Sugaar, Basajaun, and the Oldest Gods of Europe
Mari, Sugaar, and Basajaun
The mythology of Europe’s oldest people, who speak a language related to no other on earth. Mari the goddess of the mountains, her serpent-consort Sugaar, the wild lord of the woods Basajaun, and a pre-Indo-European world that survived in the Pyrenees.
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Inside this book
What you will read
- 11 chapters, primary sources
- Instant PDF download
- Original ink illustrations
- Inline citations to the folklore collections
- Designed for print quality
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- 01The People Without Relatives
- 02Mari, Lady of the Mountains
- 03Sugaar and the Serpent of Storms
- 04The Children of Mari: Mikelats and Atarrabi
- 05Basajaun, the Wild Lord of the Woods
- 06The Lamiak and the River Spirits
- 07Tartalo, the One-Eyed Giant
- 08The Jentilak: The Giants Who Built the Dolmens
- 09The Sun, the Moon, and the Eguzkilore
- 10Witches, Akelarre, and the Inquisition
- 11The Survival of a Pre-Indo-European Faith
Written by
Guillaume Henry
Founder of Mythologis
Guillaume Henry founded Mythologis to make the world's mythologies readable without losing what makes them strange. Every book draws on the primary sources first.
- Primary sources first
- No invented quotations
- Cross-referenced across translations
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