Kulte'

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Authors: ASE Tech Team


Owl image in Paris Codex

Kulte' is Mayan constellation for owl.

Etymology and History

Kulte' identified as owl by some scholars, specially because of the small body and feathers on the head that it exhibits.[1][2]

Mythology

IAU Working Group on Star Names

Reference

  1. The Paris Codex: Complex Analysis of an Ancient Maya Manuscript (Dissertation) by Jakub Špoták
  2. Eduardo Rodas-Quito and Javier Mejuto (online). Maya sky culture in Stellarium, https://github.com/stellarium/stellarium , printed in Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds., 2022), Astronomy in Culture --Cultures of Astronomy. Astronomie in der Kultur--Kulturen der Astronomie.: Featuring the Proceedings of the Splinter Meeting at the Annual Conference of the Astronomische Gesselschafb Sept. 14-16, 2021, tredition, Ahrensburg (Germany): 702-705.