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Imenarikoya is an Arawakan constellation name from Lokono. This constellation is referring to the spirit of the scorpion.
Imenarikoya is an Arawakan constellation name from Lokono. This constellation is referring to the spirit of the scorpion.


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Authors: Youla Azkarrula


Imenarikoya is an Arawakan constellation name from Lokono. This constellation is referring to the spirit of the scorpion.

Etymology and History

Spelling Variants

Origin of Constellation

The constellation Imenarikoya ‘Spirit of the scorpion’ was only mentioned by Claudius de Goeje.[1] The constellation refers to a spirit of an unidentified species of a large poisonous scorpion. There are no known myths about Imenarikoya. The constellation could be a case of cultural borrowing from non-indigenous populations, as has been suggested for the Kari’na constellation representing a scorpion.[2]

Mythology / Religion

References

  1. Goeje, Claudius Henricus de. 1942. “De Inwijding Tot Medicijnman Bij de Arawakken (Guyana) in Tekst En Mythe.” Bijdragen Tot de Taal-, Land- En Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië 101: 211–76.
  2. 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.