Yarheyarherokoya
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Yarheyarherokoya is an Arawakan constellation name from Lokono. This constellation is referring to the spirit of the lilac-tailed parrot.
Etymology and History
Spelling Variants
Origin of Constellation
The constellation Yarheyarherokoya ‘Spirit of the lilac-tailed parrot’ (Touit batavicus) was mentioned by Claudius de Goeje.[1] The constellation is not known to contemporary Lokono; neither do we know what its appearance used to signify.[2]
Mythology / Religion
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References
- References (general)
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
