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Yôkoro wiwa is an Arawakan constellation name from Lokono. This constellation is referring to 'scores of stars' (Pleiades). | Yôkoro wiwa is an Arawakan constellation name from Lokono. This constellation is referring to 'scores of stars' (Pleiades). | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:57, 13 May 2026
Authors: Youla Azkarrula
Yôkoro wiwa is an Arawakan constellation name from Lokono. This constellation is referring to 'scores of stars' (Pleiades).
Etymology and History
Spelling Variants
- Yôkoro wiwa
- Wiwa yôkoro
Origin of Constellation
The constellation Yôkoro wiwa or Wiwa yôkoro, literally ‘Score of stars’, refers to the Pleiades and is easily recognized by the contemporary Lokono. This is likely because Yôkoro wiwa is described as the most important of Lokono constellations, since it announce the beginning of the Lokono year.[1] After it comes out first in June in the east, it is followed by the numerous koya-constellations referring to the spirits of animals and plants that constitute the Lokono calendar. At that time of the year, the Lokono say Yôkoro wiwa kayaran ‘the birth of Yôkoro wiwa’. It is said that if Yôkoro wiwa shines strong when it appears for the first time, many people will die in the coming year.[2] Cornelius van Coll also warns that young people should not look at it, or else they will not grow.[3] These omens and warnings are related to a Lokono myth.[4]
Mythology / Religion
According to the story, there were once twin brothers, one of which had a wife, and said that death would come when their star, Yôkoro Wiwa, rises.[3] Death came indeed, killing even his wife, roasting her on the fire, and the Lokono became angry and brought a giant green anaconda to swallow the twins. The snake ate one of the brothers, but because it was already 5 am and the day broke, the snake could not eat the other brother. The snake is now the constellation Kamodokoya ‘Spirit of the green anaconda’, in the belly of which Yôkoro Wiwa is said to be located (see also the Yorhada myth). In another narrative, the Lokono explain that the Yôkoro Wiwa represents seven brothers lost in a savannah on their way back home, a motif also known from a Kari’na story.[5]
Weblinks
All HIP Stars within this constellation
IAU Working Group on Star Names
References
- References (general)
- ↑ Penard, Frederik Paul, and Arthur Philip Penard. 1907. De Menschetende Aanbidders Der Zonneslang. Paramaribo: H.B. Heyde.
- ↑ Goeje, Claudius Henricus de. 1943. Philosophy, Initiation and Myths of the Indians of Guiana and Adjacent Countries. Archives Internationales d’ethnographie. 44.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Ahlbrinck, Willem. 1931. Encyclopaedie Der Karaïben. Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen.
