Basque tales
Here are various tales Basque : the lamina of Kobaundi, the lady of Aketegi, the lamina of Leziaga
The lamiña of Kobaundi
A young man from the Korrione house (Garagarza-Arrasate) saw a lamiña at the entrance to the Kobaundi cave. He fell in love with her.
They stopped the plan to marry on the condition that the young man guesses the age of the lamiña.
One of her neighbors then approached the Kobaundi cave, she placed her back to the entrance, bent in such a way that with her head between her legs she faced the cave. Then, a lamiña who was coming out cried out at the sight of such a spectacle:
“In five hundred years of existence I have never seen such a thing.”
This is how the young man from Korrione was able to know the age of the lamiña.
However, having noticed that she had duck's feet, he realized that she was not a human being and therefore he could not marry her. He became ill, sad and grieved, and died. The lamiña went to Korrione to watch over his body, she covered him with a sheet that she took out of a walnut shell.
When the dead man was taken to his burial place, she was part of the funeral procession but stopped at the door of the Garagarza church.
The Lady of Aketegi
At the Ithurriotz farm in Mufiloa lived a couple who had a very disobedient daughter, whose most important occupation was combing her long and beautiful hair which prevented her from carrying out the tasks with which she was responsible.
One day his mother sent him to the fountain to get water. At this precise moment a strong storm broke out which gave the young girl the opportunity to refuse the service. Her mother, already tired from reproaching her daughter for her behavior, said to her:
“- Well, may the lightning carry you away! »
At that moment the young girl was kidnapped and disappeared from her mother's sight. Almost at the same moment, a shepherd who was grazing his flock near the Aketegi cave, saw entering the cave with a loud noise, a mysterious human ghost whose whole body was making calls.
It is believed that it is this famous young girl disowned by her mother and who has since lived in this dismal cave. It is common to see it passing in the direction of Aralar and Anboto in the form of a fiery scythe.
Cegama is told that if someone calls him saying “Aketigiko Dama!” three times! » she comes to place herself above his head.
It is also said that in Aketegi, Mari does the laundry on Wednesdays and bakes bread on Fridays. When she is busy with these tasks a small white cloud appears above the cave.
La lamiña de Leziaga
A young girl from the Usi house (Orozko) visited the lamiñak of the Leziaga cave.
They gave her a certain amount of gold on condition that she never return to that place.
But a little later, the young girl returned, she never left the cave.
Her family came to look for her, they heard a voice coming from the den:
“In the future there will be no shortage of gold in Usi but there will always be a few fools. »
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