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It is believed that Mari is a modification of "Emari" (gift) or, "Amari" (mother + the suffix of profession) by losing the first vowel. The closeness in names between Mari and Mary may have helped pagans adapt their worship of Mari and undertake Christian veneration of the Virgin Mary, [2] (Basque: Andre Maria, Biscayan: Andra Mari).
Darrieussecq, whose mother and two grandmothers spoke Basque, [25] regularly claims in interviews [26] that she doesn't sacralise French, and considers it as a language among others: "I believe writers have a special relationship with their mother tongue. They dare to touch it, consider it as something outside of themselves, and they can either ...
Tartalo, the Basque cyclops. 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.
Only a few years later in 1545, the first book known to have been put into print is published - a collection of poems fashioned by Bernard Etxepare, [3] a priest from Lower Navarre in the Northern Basque Country, by the title Linguæ Vasconum Primitiæ ("Beginnings of the Basque Language"). In this book, Etxepare expresses his hopes that the ...
Marie-Helene Bertino is an American novelist and short story writer. [1] She is the author of three novels, Beautyland (2024), Parakeet (2020) [2] and 2AM at the Cat's Pajamas (2014), [3] and one short story collection, Safe as Houses (2012). [4]
Joan Mari Torrealdai Nabea (24 November 1942 – 31 July 2020) was a Basque writer, journalist and sociologist. He was a member of Euskaltzaindia (the Royal Academy of the Basque Language ). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was born in Forua , Biscay , Basque Autonomous Community , Spain .
A look inside the watering hole for society's biggest socialites in the 1960s.
Salve Maria is a 2024 Spanish drama film directed, co-written by Mar Coll starring Laura Weissmahr.Based on the novel Amek ez dute by Basque writer Katixa Agirre, [1] it follows Maria (Weissmahr), a promising young writer and new mother, who becomes obsessed by the case of a woman who drowned her twins in the bathtub. [2]