Basajaun

They were thought to build megaliths, protect flocks of livestock, and teach skills such as agriculture and ironworking to humans.

They walked in human fashion, with their bodies covered in hair and a very long mane that reached their feet.

Far from being aggressive, the Basajaunak were protective of sheep flocks and they indicated their presence with a unanimous bell shake.

[2] This creature also appears in Aragonese mythology, in the valleys of Tena, Anso and Broto, places that preserve Basque toponymy.

Some authors[3][4] have suggested that the Basajaun myth is a folk memory of early human contact with Neanderthal populations in the Iberian Peninsula.