Question
The movements of the chief goddess of this people from cave to cave, where she stayed seven years at a time, caused heavy rain in some places and drought in others. It’s not Georgian, but that goddess of this people could take the form of a flaming sickle or a beautiful woman combing her hair. Urtzi may have been a god or a common noun for the sky in the language of this people. It’s not Greek, but this people believed in a siren-like spirit with bird’s feet called the lamia. Sabbaths called akelarre were held by witches of this people known as sorginak. The last survivor of a race of giants, who was named Olentzero, evolved into the charcoal-making (*) Santa Claus figure of this people. This people worshipped the serpentine deity Sugaar and the earth goddess Mari in pre-Christian times. For 10 points, Euskara, a language isolate, is spoken by what ethnic group of the Pyrenees? ■END■
ANSWER: Basque [or Euskaldunak; or Vascos]
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