laminak

plural laminaks · alternative amilamiak · alternative lamiak · alternative lamiñak

1. A kind of fairy in Basque mythology, related to the Little People in Celtic lore.

   Basque folklore is full of references to a type of creature called the lamiñak, who, as we have seen, are the female counterparts of the cromlech-building Maide.

   1989, The Journal of Indo-European Studies, volume 17, page 282

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   She smiled, remembering the Basque story Zak had told her about the laminaks — little people who live in caves in the mountains and come into the house during the night, […]

   1991, Patricia Edwards, Sweet Promised Land, page 233