Warhemedokoya
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Authors: Youla Azkarrula
Warhemedokoya is an Arawakan constellation name from Lokono. This constellation is referring to the spirit of the two-toed sloth.
Etymology and History
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Origin of Constellation
Warhemedokoya ‘Spirit of the two-toed sloth’, mentioned by the Penard brothers, is said to appear when the storms and winds of the big dry season are about to start and make the sloths move about more.[1] It represents the two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus). The constellation remains unidentified.[2]
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References
- References (general)
- ↑ Penard, Frederik Paul, and Arthur Philip Penard. 1907. De Menschetende Aanbidders Der Zonneslang. Paramaribo: H.B. Heyde.
- ↑ Rybka, Konrad (online). Lokono 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): 706-726.
