{"id":22136,"date":"2022-08-04T01:05:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T01:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=22136"},"modified":"2022-08-04T01:12:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T01:12:54","slug":"conte-basque-le-tartaro","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/basque-mythology\/basque-tale-tartaro\/","title":{"rendered":"Basque tale: the Tartaro"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"22136\" class=\"elementor elementor-22136\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-039ab52 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"039ab52\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-41a23fe\" data-id=\"41a23fe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed07bfa elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ed07bfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/basque-mythology\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Basque mythology<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ab57e7\" data-id=\"7ab57e7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ea2755 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"8ea2755\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/neu\/basque\/bl\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Wiki<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-97ff3dd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"97ff3dd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8683dc2\" data-id=\"8683dc2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe04dfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe04dfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>WHO, or what is Tartaro or Tartare? &quot; Oh! you mean the man with one eye in the middle of his forehead,\u201d is the quick and universal answer. Tartaro is the Cyclops, the round eye of the sun, \u03ba\u03cd\u03ba\u03bb\u03c9\u03c8. But the word Tartaro apparently has nothing to do with it. Mr. Cerquand, in his \u201c\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/\">Legends<\/a> and Popular Stories of the Country <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/basque-mythology\/\">Basque<\/a>\u00a0&quot;, derives the word from Tartar, Tartare, in the same way that the French word Ogre would derive from Hungarian, Ugri.\u00a0<\/p><p>The only objection to this highly probable derivation (made even more probable by a Souletin, Moiriak variant) is the relatively late date (13th century) of the first appearance of the Tartars in Europe. It is also perfectly true that in many tales the Tartaro replaces and is identified with the giant or the ogre; but this does not appear to us to be the original conception of this mythological monster, and we have never heard such a description of him from an illiterate Basque.\u00a0<\/p><p>To them, he is simply a Cyclops \u2013 a huge man, with one eye in the center of his forehead.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9347 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"Tartaro\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" title=\"\"><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51c352f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51c352f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d2e75b3\" data-id=\"d2e75b3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c44f3c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c44f3c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/basque-mythology\/basque-tale-tartaro\/#Le-Tartaro-Tartare\" >The Tartaro \/ Tartar<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/basque-mythology\/basque-tale-tartaro\/#Tartaro-version-dAbbadie\" >Tartaro, Abbadie&#039;s version<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Le-Tartaro-Tartare\"><\/span>The Tartaro \/ Tartar<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9c2654c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9c2654c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ed359a9\" data-id=\"ed359a9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6def7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6def7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Once upon a time, there was a king&#039;s son who, as a punishment for a sin, became a monster. He could only become a man again by getting married. One day he met a young girl who refused him because she was so afraid of him. And the Tartar wanted to offer her a ring which she did not accept. However, he sent it to him through a young man.\u00a0<\/p><p>As soon as the ring was on her finger, she began to say, &quot;You there, and I here.&quot; He was still shouting that, and Tartarus was pursuing her incessantly; and, as the maiden had such a horror of him, she cut off his finger and ring, and threw them into a large pond, and there the Tartarus drowned.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e7115e8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e7115e8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b557fa7\" data-id=\"b557fa7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9819919 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9819919\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tartaro-version-dAbbadie\"><\/span>Tartaro, Abbadie&#039;s version<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d203f5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d203f5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0463a46\" data-id=\"0463a46\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06d4f27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06d4f27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our next story was communicated by M. d&#039;Abbadie to the Society of Sciences and Arts of Bayonne. The narrator is Father Heguiagaray, Parish Priest of Esquiule in La Soule:\u2013<\/p><p>In my childhood, I often heard the story of Tartarus from my mother. It was a colossus, with a single eye in the middle of its forehead. He was a shepherd and a hunter, but a hunter of men. Every day he ate a sheep; then, after a nap, all those who had the misfortune to fall into his hands. His home was a large barn, with thick walls, a high roof and a very strong door, which only he knew how to open. His mother, an old witch, lived in a corner of the garden, in a hut built of turf.<\/p><p>One day, a powerful young man was caught in the traps of Tartarus, who took him to his home. This young man saw the Tartar eat a whole sheep, and he knew that he was accustomed to taking a nap, and that after that would come his turn. In his desperation, he told himself he had to do something. As soon as the Tartar began to snore, he put the spit in the fire, reddened it and plunged it into the giant&#039;s single eye. Immediately he jumped up and began to run after the man who had injured him; but it was impossible to find him.<\/p><p>\u201cYou will not escape. It is very good for you to hide, he said; \u201cbut only I know the secret how to open this door. \u00bb<\/p><p>The Tartar opened the door ajar and let the sheep out between his legs. The young man removes the big bell from the ram, puts it around his neck, throws over his body the skin of the sheep that the giant has just eaten and walks on all fours to the door.<\/p><p>The Tartar examines it by feeling it, notices the ruse and grabs hold of the skin; but the young man slips from the skin, dives between his legs and flees.<\/p><p>Immediately the mother of Tartarus meets him, and says to him:<\/p><p>\u201cO, lucky young man! You have escaped the cruel tyrant; take this ring as a souvenir of your escape. \u00bb<\/p><p>He accepts, puts the ring on his finger, and immediately the ring begins to cry: \u201cHeben nuk!\u201d Heben nuk! (\u201cYou have me here! You have me here!\u201d)<\/p><p>The Tartar pursues him, and is about to catch up with him, when the young man, mad with fright, and unable to remove the ring, takes out his knife, cuts his finger, throws it away, and thus escapes the pursuit of the Tartar. .<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basque Mythology Wiki WHO, or what is Tartaro or Tartare? &quot; Oh! you mean the man with one eye... <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1004,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22136","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22136"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22141,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22136\/revisions\/22141"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}