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Yowanakoya is an Arawakan constellation name from Lokono. This constellation is referring to the spirit of the green iguana.

Etymology and History

Spelling Variants

  • Yôwanakoya

Origin of Constellation

The constellation Yôwanakoya ‘Spirit of the green iguana’ is mentioned by the Penard brothers.[1] It represents the green iguana (Iguana iguana) and appears when the iguanas lay their eggs in the sand, which should be sometime in April and May, but the constellation remains unidentified.[2]

Mythology / Religion

References

  1. Penard, Frederik Paul, and Arthur Philip Penard. 1907. De Menschetende Aanbidders Der Zonneslang. Paramaribo: H.B. Heyde.
  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.