Sugaar

Basque serpent/dragon god of storms, consort of Mari; their Friday meetings beget the weather. Known from oral tradition collected by Barandiarán (secondary).

Children

• Atarrabi
• Mikelats

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'