Sugaar
Basque · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Basque serpent/dragon god of storms, consort of Mari; their Friday meetings beget the weather. Known from oral tradition collected by Barandiarán (secondary).
Children
Domains
- storm serpent
Powers
- Cross the sky as a fiery serpent to raise storms
- Joins Mari in the mountains to breed storms and hail
- Crosses the sky as a fiery serpent or sickle of fire
- Sires the ambivalent brothers Atarrabi and Mikelatz
Epithets
- Sugaar The male serpent-dragon, consort of Mari; his crossing of the sky in flame portends stormsJosé Miguel de Barandiarán, on Basque mythology (secondary)
- Maju alternate name of the serpent-consort of MariBarandiarán, José Miguel de (1972). Diccionario ilustrado de mitología vasca. (secondary)
- Sugoi 'serpent' / 'male serpent', byform of the nameHartsuaga, Juan Inazio (1987). Euskal mitologia konparatua. (secondary)
Relations
- spouse: MariReciprocal of basque_mari.spouse — Mari 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 de mitología vasca, s.v. Sugaar/Maju (secondary); Basque suge 'serpent' + ar 'male' (secondary)