Yudeke

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Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV Yudeke
Brazilian standard Yudeeke
New Tribes Yudeeque
historical ad hoc Iureke

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Yudeke

  1. (Ye'kwana mythology) the younger and more cunning of the two Hero Twins (the elder being Sichömüna), 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) “Iureke”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN