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ZIGOITIA, UNA RESERVA DE LA MITOLOG\u00cdA VASCA Y SU CATEDRAL: MAIRULEGORRETA<\/span><\/p>\n

En su interior se suceden multitud de leyendas sobre lamias, serpientes gigantes, piztia\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Cuentan los vecinos de Murua que en el interior de la cueva hay una piel de buey repleta de Oro (Idi Narru) pero nadie ha conseguido encontrarlo todav\u00eda.<\/span><\/p>\n

Adem\u00e1s de la ficci\u00f3n hist\u00f3rica, seg\u00fan los arque\u00f3logos, dos son los lugares del Gorbea en los que han aparecido restos de esqueletos de estos grandes felinos que identificamos por latitudes africanas o asi\u00e1ticas, sin embargo, esta zona parece haber sido un buen lugar de caza hace unos cientos de a\u00f1os.<\/span><\/p>\n

El la Cueva de Mairuelegorreta en Murua aparecieron restos de leones de las cavernas.<\/span><\/p>\n

En Orozko, en la sima interior de la Cueva de Azoleta, seg\u00fan los entendidos, los huesos pertenecen a leones europeos, cuyas ultimas referencias escritas en Europa datan de la \u00e9poca aproximada entre los a\u00f1os 300-400 a.c.<\/span><\/p>\n

Grandes bestias y n\u00famenes subterr\u00e1neos son protagonistas de la mitolog\u00eda vasca, los leones hasta ahora solo los imagin\u00e1bamos en \u00c1frica y en los circos, sin embargo, parece que poblaban toda Euskal Herria.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gran parte de las cuevas, grabados, conjuntos p\u00e9treos y rocas sagradas hacen referencia a los \u00abMAIRUS\u00bb, cuesti\u00f3n que origina una teor\u00eda que explica el origen de la palabra moros y moras para designar a todo aquello que exist\u00eda antes de la llegada del cristianismo. Esta palabra, moros y moras, se empez\u00f3 a utilizar en la Edad Media, pero en realidad ser refiere a leyendas que son muy anteriores tanto a la llegada del cristianismo como de otras religiones.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ocurre exactamente lo mismo con las piedras, megalitos y cuevas en Euskal Herria, las cuales hacen referencia a moros y \u00abMAIRUS\u00bb; humanos paganos libres, con mucha fuerza que viven en los bosques y lanzan pe\u00f1ascos contra sus enemigos a distancias incre\u00edbles.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mairu es alguien que no est\u00e1 bautizado y, por lo tanto no es cristiano; as\u00ed, en la regi\u00f3n de Garazi todav\u00eda hoy llaman MAIRU-BESO al brazo de un ni\u00f1o no bautizado o que ha muerto prematuramente sin bautismo.<\/span><\/p>\n

El termino mairu se halla bastante extendido todav\u00eda como elemento de varios nombres de lugares donde existen cuevas, menhires, d\u00f3lmenes y sobre todo cromlechs (los MAIRUBARATZAK o huertos de los moros).<\/span><\/p>\n

Algunos de estos lugares catalogados y muy visitados por los aficionad@s a la naturaleza y monta\u00f1a son: Mairulegorreta, Mairuburueta, Mairubide, Mairuillarri, Mairuilarrieta, Mairuetxe, Mairuaran, Maruelexa, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

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