Siina'an
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Sina'an is Mayan constellation for scorpion.
Etymology and History
Scholars agree that this maya constellation of Siina'an is in accordance to our Western culture Scorpion constellation, because of the "twisted" body that is suggested by this pattern of stars, however, for the mayas the sting is closer to the star Antares, because it should be next to the path of the Sun, as suggested by its position in the Paris Codex.[1][2]
Mythology
IAU Working Group on Star Names
Weblinks
Reference
- ↑ The Paris Codex: Complex Analysis of an Ancient Maya Manuscript (Dissertation) by Jakub Špoták
- ↑ Eduardo Rodas-Quito and Javier Mejuto (online). Maya 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.
