List of Basque mythological figures

The following is a list of gods, goddesses and many other divine and semi-divine figures and creatures from ancient Basque mythology.

Deities

 * Aide, a minor goddess of wind and air.
 * Amalur, the goddess of the earth.
 * Eate, the god of storms, sometimes associated with fire and ice.
 * Egoi, a minor wind deity, associated with the south wind.
 * Eki, the goddess of the Sun, the daughter of Amalur.
 * Ilargi, the goddess of the Moon, also a daughter of Amalur.
 * Inguma, the malevolent god of dreams and nightmares.
 * Mari, a mother goddess, and wife of the deity Sugaar.
 * Orko, the god of thunder.
 * Sugaar, the god of storms and thunder, and the husband of Mari. He is normally imagined as a dragon or serpent.

Spirits and other figures

 * Aatxe, a cave-dwelling spirit who adopts the form of a young red bull, but being a shapeshifter, sometimes takes the shape of a man.
 * Akerbeltz, demonic spirit in the form of a billy goat.
 * Basajaun, the wild man of the woods.
 * Gaizkiñ, an evil spirit that causes diseases.
 * Gaueko, an evil spirit that comes out at night.
 * Herensuge, a dragon who plays an important role in a few legends.
 * Iratxoak, Basque imps, which can be helpful or mischievous depending on how well one treats them.
 * Jean de l'Ours, a man born to a woman and a bear.
 * Jentilak, giants sometimes portrayed throwing rocks at churches.
 * Lamiak, nymphs with bird feet that dwell in rivers and springs.
 * Mairuak, giants who build stone circles.
 * Odei, nature spirit of thunder and the personification of storm clouds.
 * Olentzero, a jentil, the Basque equivalent of Santa Claus.
 * San Martin Txiki, popular Christian trickster figure.
 * Sorginak, handmaidens and assistants of the goddess Mari.
 * Tartalo, the Basque equivalent of the Greco-Roman Cyclops.