Mari
Basque · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Chief goddess of Basque mythology, the Lady of Anboto; chthonic mistress of weather, earth and justice. Documented in oral tradition collected by Barandiarán (secondary).
Children
Domains
- earth nature justice
Powers
- Brew storms or fair weather from her mountain caves
- Punish lying, theft, pride and broken word
Epithets
- Anbotoko Mari 'Mari of Anboto', the Lady dwelling on Mt AnbotoJ. M. de Barandiarán, Diccionario de mitología vasca, s.v. Mari (secondary)
- Murumendiko Damea 'The Lady of Murumendi', alternative cave-residence epithetBarandiarán, Diccionario de mitología vasca, s.v. Mari (secondary)
Relations
- spouse: SugaarMari and the serpent Sugaar meet on Friday afternoons; their union engenders the storms.Jose Miguel de Barandiaran, Mitologia vasca (1960) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: J. M. Barandiarán, Diccionario ilustrado de mitología vasca; Anboto and Aralar legends (secondary); J. Caro Baroja, Los vascos (1949) (secondary)