Korherokoya
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Korherokoya is an Arawakan constellation name from Lokono. This constellation is referring to the spirit of the parrot.
Etymology and History
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Origin of Constellation
The constellation Korherokoya ‘Spirit of the parrot’ was only mentioned by Claudius de Goeje.[1] The constellation refers to a spirit of an unidentified species of a parrot, but it was mentioned as the equivalent of the Kari’na constellation Kurewako yumï ‘Father of the orange-winged parrot’, representing the orange-winged parrot (Amazona amazonica). There are no known myths about Korherokoya. It should appear in February when the parrots are big enough to be taken out of their nests, but the constellation remains unidentified.[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.
