Wiyu
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See also: wiyu
Ye'kwana
[edit]ALIV | Wiyu |
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Brazilian standard | Wiyu |
New Tribes | Wiyu |
historical ad hoc | Huiio |
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Wiyu
- (Ye'kwana mythology) the supernatural mistress of the water and mother to its creatures, a malevolent symbol of fecundity appearing variously as the anaconda and the rainbow: the Plumed Serpent
References
[edit]- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “wiyu”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
- de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “Huiio”, in David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
- Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela[2], Santa Barbara: University of California, pages 194–199: “Wiyu”
- Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, pages 51, 108, 137, 228, 231: “Wiyu”