entity_id,canonical_name,greek_name,tradition,entity_type,category,primary_domains,tags,cult_scope,primary_period,evidence_confidence,review_status,inclusion_basis,earth_association_score,chthonic_flag,serpent_flag,short_note,entity_class ENT_BSQ_BASAJAUN,Basajaun,,Basque,Spirit,Mythic being,forests; wild nature; flocks; agriculture,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"The 'lord of the woods', a hairy wild-man spirit credited in legend with teaching agriculture and ironwork to humans.",spirit ENT_BSQ_BASANDERE,Basandere,,Basque,Spirit,Mythic being,forests; wild nature,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"The 'lady of the woods', female counterpart of Basajaun in Basque forest mythology.",spirit ENT_BSQ_EATE,Eate,,Basque,Spirit,Mythic being,storms; fire; floods,,regional,,C,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,Storm and fire spirit announcing tempests and floods; sparsely attested in the Basque oral record.,spirit ENT_BSQ_GAUEKO,Gaueko,,Basque,Spirit,Mythic being,night; darkness,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,Genius or spirit of the night who enforces that the night belongs to him and the day to humans.,spirit ENT_BSQ_LAMIA,Lamia (Lamiak),,Basque,Nymph,Mythic being,rivers; springs; waters,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"Female water spirits of rivers and springs, typically depicted with the feet of birds or fish.",spirit ENT_BSQ_MAIRU,Mairu,,Basque,Giant,Mythic being,megalith-building; wilderness,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,Race of giants of Basque legend held to have built the dolmens and stone megaliths (mairubaratza).,monster ENT_BSQ_MARI,Mari,,Basque,Goddess,Deity,weather; mountains; earth; sovereignty,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"Supreme goddess of Basque mythology, lady of the mountains who dwells in caves and governs storms, hail and the weather.",deity ENT_BSQ_PANTHEON,Basque Pantheon,,Basque,Collective,Pantheon,polytheistic pantheon; Basque folk religion,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,Collective grouping the pre-Christian Basque mythological beings reconstructed chiefly from oral tradition by José Miguel de Barandiarán in his Mitología Vasca.,collective ENT_BSQ_SUGAAR,Sugaar (Sugoi),,Basque,serpent,Deity,serpents; storms; lightning,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"Male serpent or dragon spirit, the consort of Mari, associated with thunder and storms; also called Sugoi or Maju.",monster ENT_BSQ_TARTALO,Tartalo,,Basque,Giant,Mythic being,wilderness; man-eating,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"One-eyed man-eating giant of Basque folklore, a Cyclops-type figure paralleling the Greek Polyphemus motif.",monster ENT_BSQ_URTZI,Urtzi (Ortzi),,Basque,God,Deity,sky; firmament,,regional,,C,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,DISPUTED: the word ortzi/urtzi denotes the sky/firmament and appears in weather compounds; whether it ever named a personified sky-god is contested.,deity