Amboto mountain is located in the Basque country in Bizkaia, Spain. According to local legend, Mari is one of the supreme goddesses and resides on Amboto mountain. The legend states that when clouds cover the mountain peak, Mari is believed to be there. Local people also believe that Mari spends seven years on the mountain and seven years elsewhere. When a thin, long cloud appears at the summit, it is said that Mari is inside baking bread in her oven. Mari represents Mother Earth and is often depicted as a woman, tree, or other natural forms while dressed elegantly in red.

1. Amboto mountain
By: Olatz Galarza

2. Where is Amboto mountains located
● Amboto mountains are in the basque country, is a southeastern
mountain in Bizkaia.

3. What is the legend
● According to old Basque beliefs, Mari is one of the supreme
goddesses. That is why the goddess takes the name of Anboto's Lady
or Anboto. When the peak is in the clouds, Mari is said to be there.
In Arrasate, the same thing is said when it is dark.

4. Some Legends and beliefs
● The local people believe that Mari de Anboto, known as the Lady of
Anboto, is seven years old on the mountain, and seven other than Anboto.
● At the top of the Anboto summit, when there is a thin and long cloud, the
people say that Mari is there in the oven to smoke bread

5. Ambotoko Mari

6. Who is Mari or Maddi
● He lives in several Basque mountain ranges (Txindoki, Murumendi, Gorbeia
...), and the most important part of the town has an Anboto cave known as
"Marí Cave".
● Mari is the representation of Mother Earth in the words of some
anthropologists.
● Most often it is depicted with female body and face, elegantly dressed
(mostly red), but also as a tree.

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