Variations: Iditxu, Iritxu
Ieltxu is a Basque creature found in the caverns and wells of Gernika. Notable haunts include a pit in Nabarrizmendi and the Busturia well.
Ieltxu appears either as a human or as a bird shooting flames from its mouth. At night only its burning fire is seen. While its appearances are sudden and terrifying, an ieltxu is not evil, merely mischievous. It enjoys leading people astray and getting them lost, especially if they can get lost near a cliff.
Around Bermeo it is Iditxu or Iritxu who appears as a small pig. It leads people on a merry chase through the night only to return them to where they started, exhausted and empty-handed.
References
Altuna, J.; Fornoff, F. H., White, L., and Evans-Corrales, C. trans. (2007) Selected Writings of Jose Miguel de Barandiaran: Basque Prehistory and Ethnography. Center for Basque Studies, Reno.
A Book of Creatures 
Me after eating spicy food.
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Spirits just love using lights to get people lost. It must be the oldest trick in the book right next to disguising yourself like a gorgeous young woman who is just oh so alone out in the wilderness where no sane woman would ever be found because you’re totally not some kind of monster that preys on dudes hoping that helping a damsel in distress will lead them to getting lucky
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It’s the will-o-the-wisp principle – in fact, I’m pretty sure this one is just a reskinned ghost light
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Oh I know what they are. Hence why I said what I said
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So I found (and got) this book called “Bestiariusz słowiański” (Slavic Bestiary) by Witold Vargas and Pawel Zych. It’s pretty solid and feature a bunch of cool mythical creatures. The only downgrade would be the fact that the information isn’t the highlight, since the book seems to focus more on the author’s art. Also, I don’t know which parts are embellished or not; I even think some of the creatures are synonyms to each other. Still, a pretty good introductory piece, if you ask me, you should check it out.
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But I don’t read that language 😦
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Oh don’t worry, me neither. I just read the book with the phone on a google translate tab next to me.
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“Ieltxu is not evil, merely mischievous.”
Good
“It enjoys getting people lost near a cliff”
…ummm
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Their morality is beyond our mortal comprehension
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You have to understand that these kinds of beings have different ideas of morality than we do. They run on the logic that you find in dreams. Alice in Wonderland type situations where you need to watch what you say because you will be taken for your exact words as opposed to what you really mean by those words. Saying what you mean is not the same as meaning what you say. So to these guys, getting someone lost isn’t evil. There’s nothing inherently bad about being lost. It’s all the stuff that could happen to someone who is lost that is bad but that’s all really external to the situation. It’s not their fault you can’t find food and shelter. See how this works? Ask a lawyer about it. They think like this all the time
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I was actually going to undestand your post saying that these beings have different morality than us but then I noticed you have left out the cliff part and only focusing for being lost part. ONLY that. Well no matter. I figuret the thing out myself.
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You’re not getting it. The cliff is irrelevant
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..ok
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Hey guys. Sorry if my comments were kinda rude with my answer to tetradactyl’s comment. When I was kid, I once almost walked off the cliff when I was daydreaming & this kinda reminded me of that day. Plus It was morning and i was still kinda tired at that point.. For comment abowe, I was at fisr writing some angry rant but then just tonet it dow & in the end reducet to a simple ok, thinking plan A would just sour things up.
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Don’t worry about it, I think what we had was just failure to communicate 🙂
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Can i suggest you more spanish folklore creatures?
here some names
Heresunge
tarasca
Martinico
caballucos del diablu
pesanta
Horpi
The Banyoles Monster
The Gerona’s Gnome
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Thanks for the suggestions!
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