«La batalla de los muertos» de Juan Iturralde y Suiten torno al mito nacionalista euskaro
- 1 Instituto Cultura y Sociedad (ICS), Universidad de Navarra [España]
ISSN: 0590-1871
Year of publication: 2022
Year: 54
Issue: 96
Pages: 9-27
Type: Article
More publications in: Cuadernos de etnología y etnografía de Navarra
Abstract
This paper analyses the legend «La batalla de los muertos» by Juan Iturralde y Suit as a document that helps explain the construction of the Basque mythical universe at the end of the 19th century. For this, a reading of the legend is offered as an ethnographic source and as a testimony of the ideological proposal defended by the Euskara Association of Navarra. On the other hand, other texts related to the Association are also analysed: Orreaga by Arturo Campión and the euskara descriptions by Iturralde y Suit. Finally, it provides an analysis of the development of the Revista Euskara and its importance around the constitution of the Basque nationalist myth.