Zool

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Bat image in Paris Codex

Zool is Mayan constellation for bat.

Etymology and History

Zool identified as bat by its wings, as well as by the characteristic nose that this animal displays in the upper lip, typical in maya iconography.[1][2]

Mythology

IAU Working Group on Star Names

Reference

  1. The Paris Codex: Complex Analysis of an Ancient Maya Manuscript (Dissertation) by Jakub Špoták
  2. Eduardo Rodas-Quito and Javier Mejuto (online). Anutan 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): 702-705.