Ilargi, Ile or Ilazki (
Basque language
Basque ( ; ) is a language spoken by Basques and other residents of the Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country, a region that straddles the westernmost Pyrenees in adjacent parts of northern Spain and southwestern France. Basque ...
: "Moon") was the Goddess of the Moon in
Basque mythology
The mythology of the ancient Basques largely did not survive the arrival of Christianity in the Basque Country between the 4th and 12th century AD. Most of what is known about elements of this original belief system is based on the analysis o ...
.
[Barandiarán, José Miguel de. Mitologia del Pueblo Vasco. Ostoa, 1997. ISBN 84-88960-16-6.]
She is the sister of
Eki, the Goddess of the Sun, and the daughter of the Goddess
Amalur,
Mother Earth, to whom, as her sister, she returns daily.
See also
*
List of lunar deities
References
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Basque goddesses
Lunar goddesses