Basque mythology

Cultural and linguistic backgrounds

The Basques speak a language that belongs to non- Indo-European language family. The world view has references to the sun cult Mythology is inaccessible because the myths were displaced by the Inquisition in the late Middle Ages, from religion to the realm of folk tales. Therefore, it is hardly surprising that the gods have remained only in very vague form in memory, but remain instead represent the smaller nature demons rich in local context.

Gods

  • Amilamia: Goddess of Charity
  • Atarrabi: good weather spirit
  • Basajaun: Lord of the Forest; Agriculture, blacksmiths, herds
  • Botzi / Ostiri: Firmament; Sky, weather
  • Ekhi: Female sun; distributes the night demons
  • Ilargi: Female moon; Dead light; Friday
  • Lur: Goddess of the Earth
  • Maju / Suugar: Red Storm Serpent, Dragon
  • Mari: Highest goddess; Weather, wind, earth; Snake is a symbol; 2 Aries as a servant
  • Mikelatz: Evil spirit Weather

Pedigree

Demons

  • Odei: storm demon
  • Aatxes ( " red cub " ): dread giving spirit in the cave leze
  • Eate: Demon, the fire produced by lightning
  • Herensugue: man-eating cave spirit in the form of a seven -headed snake, which is poisoned by the hero Guanidu
  • Torto / Alarabi: man-eating mountain spirit with one eye, one leg and a round toe
  • Akerbeltz ( " black goat " ): Healing Spirit Cave
  • Guitzutso: Forest demon in human form with hairy bear feet
  • Gaizkin: rooster -headed serpent, the disease causes
  • Argi ( " light " ): nocturnal spirit of the dead, who lives in the mountain Ernio. Nocturnal encounters with him bring death.
  • Inguma: Spirit of the Night, the zudrückt like a nightmare sleeper 's throat and nightmares generated
  • Bildurraise ( "bad air " ): Spirit of Nightmares
  • Gaueko: Spirit of the Night, which allows people to stay the night at home
  • Laminak ( plural): Night spirits that edit the field if they are offered food offerings; they disappeared when the plow was invented
  • Maideak ( plural): Night spirits, who formerly castles built dolmens and if they were sacrificed
  • Galtxagorri / Etxajaunak / Aiharra - Haio ( plural): Residence ministering goblins in insect form to fourth in needle bushes

Metaphysical principles

  • Adur: Everything exists, which has a name
  • Icon Magic
  • View Magic
  • Duality of good and evil symbolized by oppositely rotating Lauburus
Herensuge Kobold Gerhard J. Bellinger
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