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Mali is an Arawakan star name from Lokono. This constellation is referring to Sirius star. | Mali is an Arawakan star name from Lokono. This constellation is referring to Sirius star. | ||
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The modern Lokono call Sirius Mali, the literal meaning of which is unknown. Cornelius van Coll describes a Lokono star called Mali and explains that it is a very powerful star.<ref>Coll, Cornelius van. 1903. “Gegevens over Land En Volk van Suriname I - Suriname’s Oorspronkelijke Bevolking.” Bijdragen Tot de Taal-, Land- En Volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia 55 (1): 453–529.</ref><ref name=":0">Penard, Frederik Paul, and Arthur Philip Penard. 1907. De Menschetende Aanbidders Der Zonneslang. Paramaribo: H.B. Heyde.</ref> When it comes up in the morning in August, it kills the fish in the swamps, and one should not point at it or one’s finger will become lame. Cornelius van Coll’s Mali marks the beginning of the big dry season (August to December), called in Lokono malidalithe, a term derived from Mali. Older sources identified Mali tentatively as Lyra, Aquila, or Crux, but given that the big dry season starts around August and that the Lokono observe the stars in the morning, these identifications must be incorrect; Lyra, Aquila, and Crux cannot be seen at this time from the Lokono territories.<ref>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.</ref><ref name=":0" /> There are no Lokono myths about Mali, but there is evidence that is may correspond to the Kari’na constellation Ombatapo ‘Previous face’. The Kari’na myths explain the origin of the constellation and its name, which, like the Lokono Mali, is believed to kill the fish in the swamps and announces the beginning of the big dry season. Moreover, the Kari’na Ombatapo is identified as parts of Puppis and Canis Major, the latter of which includes Sirius.<ref>Magaña, Edmundo, and Fabiola Jara. 1982. “The Carib sky.” Journal de la Société des Américanistes 68 (1): 105–32.</ref><ref>Ahlbrinck, Willem. 1931. Encyclopaedie Der Karaïben. Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen.</ref> | The modern Lokono call Sirius Mali, the literal meaning of which is unknown. Cornelius van Coll describes a Lokono star called Mali and explains that it is a very powerful star.<ref>Coll, Cornelius van. 1903. “Gegevens over Land En Volk van Suriname I - Suriname’s Oorspronkelijke Bevolking.” Bijdragen Tot de Taal-, Land- En Volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia 55 (1): 453–529.</ref><ref name=":0">Penard, Frederik Paul, and Arthur Philip Penard. 1907. De Menschetende Aanbidders Der Zonneslang. Paramaribo: H.B. Heyde.</ref> When it comes up in the morning in August, it kills the fish in the swamps, and one should not point at it or one’s finger will become lame. Cornelius van Coll’s Mali marks the beginning of the big dry season (August to December), called in Lokono malidalithe, a term derived from Mali. Older sources identified Mali tentatively as Lyra, Aquila, or Crux, but given that the big dry season starts around August and that the Lokono observe the stars in the morning, these identifications must be incorrect; Lyra, Aquila, and Crux cannot be seen at this time from the Lokono territories.<ref>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.</ref><ref name=":0" /> There are no Lokono myths about Mali, but there is evidence that is may correspond to the Kari’na constellation Ombatapo ‘Previous face’. The Kari’na myths explain the origin of the constellation and its name, which, like the Lokono Mali, is believed to kill the fish in the swamps and announces the beginning of the big dry season. Moreover, the Kari’na Ombatapo is identified as parts of Puppis and Canis Major, the latter of which includes Sirius.<ref>Magaña, Edmundo, and Fabiola Jara. 1982. “The Carib sky.” Journal de la Société des Américanistes 68 (1): 105–32.</ref><ref>Ahlbrinck, Willem. 1931. Encyclopaedie Der Karaïben. Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen.</ref><ref>Rybka, Konrad (online). Lokono sky culture in Stellarium, <nowiki>https://github.com/stellarium/stellarium</nowiki> , 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.</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:55, 13 May 2026
Authors: Youla Azkarrula
Mali is an Arawakan star name from Lokono. This constellation is referring to Sirius star.
Etymology and History
Spelling Variants
Origin of Constellation
The modern Lokono call Sirius Mali, the literal meaning of which is unknown. Cornelius van Coll describes a Lokono star called Mali and explains that it is a very powerful star.[1][2] When it comes up in the morning in August, it kills the fish in the swamps, and one should not point at it or one’s finger will become lame. Cornelius van Coll’s Mali marks the beginning of the big dry season (August to December), called in Lokono malidalithe, a term derived from Mali. Older sources identified Mali tentatively as Lyra, Aquila, or Crux, but given that the big dry season starts around August and that the Lokono observe the stars in the morning, these identifications must be incorrect; Lyra, Aquila, and Crux cannot be seen at this time from the Lokono territories.[3][2] There are no Lokono myths about Mali, but there is evidence that is may correspond to the Kari’na constellation Ombatapo ‘Previous face’. The Kari’na myths explain the origin of the constellation and its name, which, like the Lokono Mali, is believed to kill the fish in the swamps and announces the beginning of the big dry season. Moreover, the Kari’na Ombatapo is identified as parts of Puppis and Canis Major, the latter of which includes Sirius.[4][5][6]
Mythology / Religion
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References
- References (general)
- ↑ Coll, Cornelius van. 1903. “Gegevens over Land En Volk van Suriname I - Suriname’s Oorspronkelijke Bevolking.” Bijdragen Tot de Taal-, Land- En Volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia 55 (1): 453–529.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Penard, Frederik Paul, and Arthur Philip Penard. 1907. De Menschetende Aanbidders Der Zonneslang. Paramaribo: H.B. Heyde.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Magaña, Edmundo, and Fabiola Jara. 1982. “The Carib sky.” Journal de la Société des Américanistes 68 (1): 105–32.
- ↑ Ahlbrinck, Willem. 1931. Encyclopaedie Der Karaïben. Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen.
- ↑ 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.
