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Shimarhabokoya is an Arawakan constellation name from Lokono. This constellation is referring to the spirit of the bow and arrow.
Shimarhabokoya is an Arawakan constellation name from Lokono. This constellation is referring to the spirit of the bow and arrow.


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Latest revision as of 03:56, 13 May 2026

Authors: Youla Azkarrula


Shimarhabokoya is an Arawakan constellation name from Lokono. This constellation is referring to the spirit of the bow and arrow.

Etymology and History

Spelling Variants

Origin of Constellation

The constellation Shimarhabokoya ‘Spirit of the bow and arrow’ was mentioned by Claudius de Goeje.[1] The constellation remain unidentified and does not have Kari’na and Warao counterparts, and there are no myths related to it.[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.