Sichömüna

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Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV Sichömüna
Brazilian standard Sichäämöna
New Tribes Sichäämöna
historical ad hoc Shikiemona

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Sichömüna

  1. (Ye'kwana mythology) the elder and less cunning of the two Hero Twins (the younger being Yudeke), sons of the murdered water serpent Wiyu who serve as trickster figures and eventually cause a worldwide flood to avenge their mother’s death

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, page 376 et seq.
  • de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “shikiemona”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN