Name:Jose Miguel Barandiaran (Ataun).

Place of birth:Ataun

Birthdate:1889

Date of death:1991

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Title of the compilations or works:Basque Mythology' (1924), 'Witchcraft and Witches' (1984), 'Myths of the Basque People' (1989), 'Mythology of the Basque People' (1994)

Collection territory:Basque Country

Predominant genre:Miscellany

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Others:The most important compiler of Basque legends. He was an anthropologist, ethnologist and author of numerous works on Basque anthropology and mythology. Due to the Franco dictatorship, the importance of his work among his contemporaries was mainly valued in the international sphere, since in Spain the existence of, among others, Basque culture was silenced.