Sutukoya
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Authors: Youla Azkarrula
Sutukoya is an Arawakan constellation name from Lokono. This constellation is referring to the spirit of the red-handed tamarin.
Etymology and History
Spelling Variants
- Sûtukoya
Origin of Constellation
The constellation Sûtukoya ‘Spirit of the red-handed tamarin’ (Saguinus midas) was mentioned by Cornelius van Coll and the Penard brothers but it remains poorly identified.[1][2] According to Claudius de Goeje, it should correspond to the Western constellation Coma Berenices.[3] It is not clear whether this is correct, however, given that today we find the constellation Awarhakoya in this part of the sky, which is easily recognized by numerous speakers. There are no myths related to this constellation.[4]
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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
