Talk:Erditse

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I see that the Encyclopedia mythica has been cited as a source. Several Scandinavians, User:Haukurth, User:Salleman, User:Io and myself have identified bogus information taken from that site on Norse mythology, and removed it from Wikipedia.--Wiglaf 19:13, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I completely agree with that. The information from Encyclopedia mythica concerning Erditse, Bensozia (or Benzozia) and basque mythology in general is completely fanciful and bogus. By the way, Erditse and Bensozia don't even belong to the basque mythology. Erditse is only known by a votive altar found in Toulouse, France (CIL XII 5379), then lost. Bensozia was revered during the XIII century in the departement of Ariège (according to Du Cange then Carlo Ginzburg). -- Basilus (talk) 17:51, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Merge with Bensozia
Frankly, I would like to see a little more on Bensozia as a figure of myth; both Erditse & the section in Bensozia are pretty skimpy. The only source I know of dealing with Bensozia in myth is Carlo Ginzburg's Ecstasies, but I think we could scrounge up at least a sections worth of meritous information. --mordicai. 15:28, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
 * This merge would be uncorrect. Erditse is a gallo-roman god, Bensozia a Middle Age goddess. There are no relations between them. -- Basilus (talk) 17:52, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

All is wrong
Erditse was not a goddess yet a god. Nothing is known concerning his functions. He was not revered in ancient Iberia nor by ancient Basques. Many altars haven't been found in northwestern Spain, yet just one altar in Toulouse, France. The Basques have never revered a mother-goddess known as Benzozia, whom name is not even basque yet has a latine etymology (bona socia, good neighbour). There are certainly no relations between Erditse and Bensozia. -- Basilus (talk) 18:03, 22 March 2010 (UTC)