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Creature from Basque mythology

This article is about a creature from Basque mythology. For the figure from Greek mythology, seeLamia.

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Sculpture of a lamina in Garagartza,Arrasate, Gipuzkoa

Thelamia (orlamina) (plural:lamiak orlaminak) is asiren ornereid-like creature inBasque mythology.^[1]^[2] Lamiak are typically portrayed as living in and around rivers. They are depicted as beautiful, long-haired women with webbed duck feet, usually found at the river shore brushing their hair with a golden comb and seducing men.^{[citation needed]}

Mythology in coastal areas includesitsaslamiak, a variety of lamiak who live in the sea and have fish-like tails, similar to amermaid.

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Basquemythology depictslamiak as generous, aiding those who give them presents by helping them at work. For example, if a farmer were to leave food for them at the river shore, they would eat it at night and in exchange finish ploughing his field. In some places, bridges were believed to have been built at night bylamiak, for example at Ebrain (Bidarrai,Lower Navarre), Azalain (Andoain,Gipuzkoa), Urkulu (Aretxabaleta,Gipuzkoa),Liginaga-Astüe (Labourd).

In other myths,lamiak must leave if the bridge that they were building at night remains unfinished at cockcrow. People believed thatlamiak had left a river if a stone in the bridge was missing. Other beliefs claim that mostlamiak disappeared when men built small churches in the forest.

Lamiak are also believed to be found on the other side of rainbows, where they are combing their hair. It is said that when the sunlight strikes their hair, the rainbow opens.

Mythology also occasionally describes malelamiak. In those stories, they are described as strong and are attributed with the creation ofdolmens at night. It is also said that they can enter a house at night when its inhabitants are sleeping. They are given different names:Maideak,Mairiak,Mairuak,Intxixuak (inOiartzun,Gipuzkoa),Saindi Maidi (inLower Navarre).

Many toponyms relate tolamiak, including Lamikiz (Markina), Laminaputzu (inZeanuri), Lamitegi (in Bedaio), Lamirain (inArano), Lamusin (inSare), Lamiñosin (inAtaun).