Mari is an earth mother goddess and queen of nature who lives in a cave in the Amboto mountains. She appears as a beautiful woman with long blonde hair. Visitors to her cave must speak respectfully and follow protocols like leaving the same way they entered and never sitting down. According to some legends, Mari drinks the lives of men and makes them unhappy, but in other traditions she is beneficent and helped humans by blessing them with the moon's light and later the sun's light for protection against darkness. She also blessed homes with an Eguzkilore flower over the entrance to ward off evil spirits.

1. Anbotoko dama
Mari
By:Ane

2. Who is Mari?
Mari, is the personification of Earth Mother,it is the queen of nature and all the
elements that make it up. , and can also appear in many ways. When it appears
like woman she appears with the body and face of a woman, elegantly dressed ,
with abundant blonde hair that combs, with a gold comb.

3. Where does it live?
It lives in cave the impressive vertical east wall of the Amboto, just below the
summit. In these caves he receives his faithful, who must keep a strict protocol:
She should be speaking in hika.
You have to leave the cave in the same way you entered.
Do not ever sit down, even receiving
the invitation to do so, while talking to her.

4. What is the legend?
Mari drinks the lives of men and makes them unhappy. In the Aragonese tradition,
Mari is, nevertheless, a beneficent being who helps humans.

5. How did it help?
The god of darkness, was said to eat animals, and for that reason people were
feared and asked Mari to help them. She blessed them with the light of her first
daughter, the moon, but her light was insufficient and the they asked again Mari
for help, this time the Goddess blessed them with her second daughter, the sun.
But the night continued to be dangerous, and Mari blessed with her protection any
dwelling that had an Eguzkilore in the entrance, if some evil spirit
tried to enter the house and found an Eguzkilore,
had to stand to count the many hairs or bracts
of the inflorescence and the day surprised him
without having finished his task.