Honolikoya
Honolikoya is an Arawakan constellation name from Lokono. This constellation is referring to the spirit of the rufescent tiger heron.
Etymology and History
Spelling Variants
Origin of Constellation
Honolikoya is named after a species of a heron ‘Spirit of the rufescent tiger heron’ (Tigrisoma lineatum). It is reported in historical sources as the equivalent of the Kari’na constellation Kumawari yumï (‘Father of the cocoi heron’). This is likely a mistake as honoli is a different and well-known species of a heron. It is possible that Honolikoya refers to the same constellation as Anorhâkoya, interpreted differently by different Lokono consultants, but it is also possible it is a different constellation. In any case, Honolikoya remains unidentified.[1] Just like Anorhâkoya, the constellation is said to bring diseases of the eyes when it appears in the morning sky. From the Penard brothers' description we can infer that Honolikoya should appear between June and the big dry season, which lasts from end of August until the beginning of December. There appears to be no specific myth associated with this constellation.[2]
Mythology / Religion
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References
- References (general)
- ↑ Penard, Frederik Paul, and Arthur Philip Penard. 1907. De Menschetende Aanbidders Der Zonneslang. Paramaribo: H.B. Heyde.
- ↑ 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.
