Howakoya
From All Skies Encyclopaedia
Authors: Youla Azkarrula
Howakoya is an Arawakan constellation name from Lokono. This constellation is referring to the spirit of the white-faced saki.
Etymology and History
Spelling Variants
Origin of Constellation
The constellation Howakoya 'Spirit of the white-faced saki’ was only mentioned by de Claudius de Goeje.[1] It represents the spirit of white-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia) but the constellation and its significance remain unknown.[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.
