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	baxajuan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Basa-Jaun and Basa-Andre baxajuan Gaueko jentilak mairuak Olentzero eu:Euskal Mitologia Retrieved from andquot; http://www.infoslurp.com/information...
		Categories : Basque myths and legends In Basque Mythology, the baxajuan (plural: baxajaunak) are a race of big hairy wild men who were megalith builders.
		Basa-Jaun and Basa-Andre baxajuan Gaueko jentilak mairuak Olentzero Retrieved from andquot; http://www.lexington-fayette.us/project/wikipedia...
	baxajuan.networklive.org (260 words)

	Giant (mythology) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The giant Despair appears in (English preacher and author of an allegorical novel, Pilgrim's Progress (1628-1688)) John Bunyan's (Click link for more info and facts about Pilgrim's Progress) Pilgrim's Progress.
		In (Click link for more info and facts about Basque mythology) Basque mythology, giants appear as (Click link for more info and facts about jentilak) jentilak and (Click link for more info and facts about mairuak) mairuak ((Open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss) Moors).
		They are who made (A prehistoric megalith typically having two upright stones and a capstone) dolmens and (A tall upright megalith; found primarily in England and northern France) menhirs.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gi/giant_(mythology).htm (916 words)

	Basques - The Encyclopedia
		It is hard to say how old this legend is; despite the pagan elements, one of her names, Mari Urraca, ties her to a possibly historical Navarrese princess of the 11th and 12th century and other legends give her a brother or cousin who was a Roman Catholic priest.
		Legends also speak of many and abundant genies, like jentilak (equivalent to giants), lamiak (equivalent to nymphs), mairuak (builders of the cromlechs or stone circles, literally Moors), iratxoak (imps), sorginak (witches, priestess of Mari), etc. Basajaun is a Basque version of the wild man.
		There is a trickster named San Martin Txiki ("St Martin the Lesser").
	www.the-encyclopedia.com /description/Basques (6539 words)

	Basque Details, Meaning Basque Article and Explanation Guide
		In medieval times, Aymeric Picaud, a French pilgrim, wrote on the Basques, saying: et Deus vocant Urcia ("and they name God as Urci-a"; the -a being the Basque nominative or suffixed article).
		Legends also speak of many and abundant genies, like jentilak (equivalent to giantss), lamiak (equivalent to nymphs), mairuak (builders of the cromlechs or stone circles, literally Moors), iratxoak (imps), sorginak (witches, priestess of Mari), etc. There is a trickster named San Martin Txiki ("St Martin the Lesser").
		It has been shown that some of these stories have entered Basque culture in recent centuries or as part of Roman superstitio.
	www.e-paranoids.com /b/ba/basque.html (4973 words)

	Metxa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Bai, nire aittaren lehengusua Ugarte zen eta pelikulan kontatzen den historia....
		Dirua luzatzen dio eta Mairuak idatzi egiten dio.
		METXA baserria dagoen mapako tokirantz hurbiltzen da eta Etxezuri dioen kartelaren lekuan Dar el Beida dion bat ipintzen du.
	www.susa-literatura.com /emailuak/metxa/metx18.htm (47 words)

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