MARI

Mari

Mari, Mari Urraca, Anbotoko Mari and the possibly distinct Murumendiko Dama was a goddess—a lamia—of the Basques. She was married to the god Sugaar . Legends connect her to the weather: that when she and Maju travelled together hail would fall, that her departures from her cave would be accompanied by storms or droughts, that which cave she lived in at different times would determine dry or wet weather: wet when she was in Anboto, dry when she was elsewhere . Other places with where she was said to dwell include the chasm of Murumendi, the cave of Gurutzegorri, Aizkorri and Aralar, ...

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