25% OFF! Akerbeltz Plushie 12"

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12" tall plush revisiting Akerbeltz from ancient Basque Mythology. Worship your very own Lord of Witchcraft. He's cute as Hell!

Each plush measures 30,5cm tall and 19,5cm wide. They are made of minky plush fabric with embroidered eyes, nose and mouth and printed lines on the horns.

Retail price for these plushes after the Kickstarter Campaign ends will be 45€. Backing this campaign is a unique opportunity to get them at a discounted price!

Remember: plushes are soft and can be slightly deformed during shipping, but don’t worry! Just squish it gently until it gets back to its shape. Long trips can be strenuous and he just needs to recover from it!

Also, note that plushies are handcrafted by multiple individuals during the production process and that each plush may have its own unique shape.

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About Akerbeltz:

The pre-Roman agrarian deity knowN as Aherbelste could have been the origin of the Basque Akerbeltz, literally ‘black billy goat’. Once a deification of wilderness, it became a protector of cattle and later in time, perhaps because of its link with other horned deities like Pan, it became a suitable image of the ‘Master of Witchcraft’.

Akerbeltz (Basque Aker- meaning ‘male goat’ and -beltz meaning ‘black’) would be demonized in Pyrenean regions and transformed into a folk representation of the Devil, which had its parallels in Catalan witch trials with the Boc of Biterna, in Aragón with the Boch/Buch and in France with the Bouc. Still, its connection with fertility and apotropaic virtues is retained in Pyrenean folklore.

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