Mikelats
Basque · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Mikelats (Mikelatz), the malevolent twin son of Mari and Sugaar, brother of Atarrabi; a spirit of storm and hail. Documented by Barandiarán (secondary).
Parentage
- mother: MariSon of Mari. (Reciprocal child-relation may be added to the existing basque_mari.)J. M. Barandiarán, Diccionario de mitología vasca, s.v. Mari: her sons Atarrabi and Mikelats (secondary)
- father: SugaarSon of Sugaar. (Reciprocal child-relation may be added to the existing basque_sugaar.)J. M. Barandiarán / Basque tradition: the twins born of Mari and Sugaar (secondary)
Domains
- storm and hail
- malevolence and misfortune
Powers
- Raise storms and hail and work misfortune
Relations
- twin sibling: AtarrabiThe good twin (Atarrabi) and the evil twin (Mikelats).J. M. Barandiarán, on Atarrabi and Mikelats, twin sons of Mari of opposite nature (secondary)
- mother: MariSon of Mari. (Reciprocal child-relation may be added to the existing basque_mari.)J. M. Barandiarán, Diccionario de mitología vasca, s.v. Mari: her sons Atarrabi and Mikelats (secondary)
- father: SugaarSon of Sugaar. (Reciprocal child-relation may be added to the existing basque_sugaar.)J. M. Barandiarán / Basque tradition: the twins born of Mari and Sugaar (secondary)
Sources
- existence: J. M. Barandiarán, Diccionario ilustrado de mitología vasca, s.v. Mari; Mikelats (secondary); J. Caro Baroja, Los vascos (1949), on Mari's progeny (secondary)