Urtzi
Sign in to saveUrtzi (also ortzi) is an ancient Basque language term which is believed to either represent an old common noun for the sky, or to have been a name for a pre-Christian sky deity.
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- native label
- Urtzi
- worshipped by
- Basque mythology
- domain of saint or deity
- sky
- pseudonym
- Ortzi, Ortz, Ostri, Ostiri o Ost
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Urtzi (also ortzi) is an ancient Basque language term which is believed to either represent an old common noun for the sky, or to have been a name for a pre-Christian sky deity.
==Controversy== The existence of a Basque mythological figure, Urtzi, has been questioned in numerous discussions. The argument for Urtzi having been a "Basque sky god" is based on two main arguments:
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