Interviews

Behind every book on Basque mythology, every illustration of ancestral beings and every film that recreates the world of Mari, there are people with fascinating stories of their own. The interviews section gives space to those creators and researchers, focusing on how they work and how they interpret Basque mythical heritage.

We speak with writers who transform myth into fiction, asking how they document a novel, where they draw the line between respect for the sources and creative freedom, and how they keep traditional material meaningful for contemporary readers.

Illustrators who try to give visual form to Basajaun, lamias or jentilak face very specific questions: what historical references exist, how can generic fantasy cliches be avoided, and what makes an image feel genuinely rooted in Basque culture' These conversations help map the visual language of the myth today.

Researchers and academics also open their working methods to us: anthropologists collecting oral memory, archaeologists excavating sanctuaries, linguists tracing place-name etymologies and historians documenting witch persecutions. Their patient work sustains everything else.

We also talk to musicians, filmmakers and other artists who bring mythical materials into contemporary creation. Their answers reveal tensions between fidelity and reinvention, community responsibility and artistic experimentation.

These interviews are not conceived as simple promotion. We aim for substantial conversations that illuminate each guest's motivations, doubts and discoveries, and that offer something genuinely useful to readers interested in Basque culture.

If you are a creator, researcher or cultural communicator working with Basque mythology and would like to take part, or if you know someone whose voice belongs here, get in touch. Lurkaia wants this section to become a meeting point for those who help keep this heritage alive.