Deities
Sugaar
Basque Deities
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The serpent or dragon consort of Mari in Basque legend, associated with storm, thunder and the fertilizing rain that follows their meetings. Informants recorded by Basque folklorists describe him crossing the sky as a fiery sickle or scythe, a description scholars read as a folk account of a meteor, and his union with Mari as the mythic cause of a coming storm.
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Mythic AssociationBasque folklore holds Sugaar's union with Mari as the mythic cause of a coming storm, the pair's meetings in the sky read as the origin of thunder and the fertilizing rain that follows. 1 Function
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Veneration TodayHistorically attested; no continuous cult 1 HistoricityLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical record 1 Belief
TheologyPolytheistic: many gods 1 The serpent consort of Mari in Basque legend, part of the same described Basque mythological system already read polytheistic for Mari. Cult
Attributes and IconographyBasque informants describe Sugaar crossing the sky as a fiery sickle or scythe, a description folklorists read as a folk account of a meteor. 1 Correspondences & Relations
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This source names Sugaar directly: "mythology section covering Mari, Sugaar and related figures."
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