Case file · Folklore / legend
Basajaun, lord of the woods
Tales of Basajaun, the hairy giant of the Basque forests who guards flocks and taught people farming, appear in print in Wentworth Webster's Basque Legends (1877).
1877 CE · 42.97, -2.07 · status: legend
The account
José Miguel de Barandiarán later collected many Basajaun stories around Ataun and the Aralar range in the 20th century, including how humans stole the secret of sowing wheat from him.