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Kama tala is an Arawakan constellation name from Lokono. This constellation is referring to jaw of tapir.
Etymology and History
Spelling Variants
- Kama tâla
Origin of Constellation
The constellation Kama tâla ‘Jaw of the tapir’ is one of the few constellations identified easily by the contemporary Lokono, just like Mabukuli, to which it is related in a myth. [1][2]
Mythology / Religion
The Penard brothers recount the story of an unsuccessful hunter, who cuts meat off his leg and gives it to his wife and mother-in-law, telling them it is tapir meat (Tapirus terrestris).[3] He then asks his fellow people to follow him and help bring the rest of the tapir, but when they arrive at the place they only find the akalali plant with which he treated his wounds. His body turned into Kama tâla and his spirit into Mabukuli. In a Kari’na story, on the other hand, Kama tâla was the remains of a tapir that the mythical twins were hunting, one of whom accidentally gets his leg severed and becomes the constellation of man without a thigh.
Weblinks
IAU Working Group on Star Names
References
- References (general)
- ↑ Goeje, Claudius Henricus de. 1928. The Arawak Language of Guiana. Amsterdam: Uitgave van der Koninklijke Akademie von Wetenschappen te Amsterdam.
- ↑ Baarle, Peter van, Mauricius Alberto Sabajo, van der Stap Gerdy, Sabajo Andreas L., and Sabajo Lucia L. 1989. Arhwaka lokonong djang: Arowakse taalkursus en woordenboek. Haarlem; Amsterdam: Sociaal-culturele Vereniging Ikyoshie ; Instituut voor Algemene Taalwetenschap, Universiteit van Amsterdam.
- ↑ Penard, Frederik Paul, and Arthur Philip Penard. 1907. De Menschetende Aanbidders Der Zonneslang. Paramaribo: H.B. Heyde.
