Sugaar
Basque · deity · mythic · deity
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
- Maju
- Sugoi
Relations
- spouse: Mari
Sources
- J. M. Barandiarán, Diccionario de mitología vasca, s.v. Sugaar/Maju
- Basque suge 'serpent' + ar 'male'