Appendix II. Constellations
APPENDIX II.
CONSTELLATIONS.
NOTE.--In the lists given below, the numbers in parentheses indicate different dialects, as follows:
| (1) Chukchee. | (4) Koryak of Qare'ñIn. |
| (2) Koryak of Paren, according to Jochelson. 1 | (5) Koryak of Lesna. |
| (3) Koryak of Kamenskoye. | (6) Kamchadal of the coast. |
POLAR STAR.
(1) Ilu'k*e'ñer (= motionless star).
A?qe'p-e'ñer (= nail-star).
(2) Ačka'p-aña'y (= nail-star).
(3) Alqa'p-a'ñay (= nail-star).
(4) Elke'p-e'ñer (= nail-star).
(5) Ełka'p-e'ñer (= nail-star).
URSA MAJOR.
(1) wIyotkiña'ulIt (= sling-throwers).
(2) elwe'-kyeñ (= wild reindeer-buck).
elwe'-eñe'y (= wild-reindeer star).
(3) Iłva'-kyIñ (= wild reindeer-buck).
Iłva'-a'ñay (= wild-reindeer star).
(4) Iłva'-kI'rIñ (=wild reindeer-buck).
(5) mai'ñI-kI'rIñ (=large reindeer-buck).
(6) kI'rIñ (= reindeer-buck).
PLEIADES.
(1) ñaus*qaĵo'mkIn (= group of women 2).
(2) ke'tmet (= little sieve).
(3) ka'tmač (= sieve).
(4) ke'rmes (= sieve).
iłva'u (=wild reindeer [pl.]).
(5) ke'rmes* (= sieve).
(6) nö'jicx (= string).
CASSIOPEIA.
(1) Ilve't (= wild reindeer [pl.]).
(3) ñawIs*qatI'mkIn 2 (= group of women').
(5) qai-kI'riñ (= small reindeer-buck).
(6) x*ai'hene (= wolf).
ORION.
(1) rulte'nnin (= crooked one).
(3) yu'łt-a'ñay (= crooked star).
(4) rułte'yet (= crooked one).
wołva'kI-r-i'mtiła?n (= crosswise-bow carrier).
(5) rułte'yIlIn (= crooked one).
BELT OF ORION.
(2) ena'nvenañ 3 (= handle of scraper).
ulve'-iy-i'mtiła?n (= crosswise-bow carrier).
(3) vu'łvI-iy-i'mtIła?n (= crosswise-bow carrier)
(6) kantc (= long scraper).
MILKY WAY.
(1) čiġei'-ve'em (pebbly river).
(2) ya?'-ve'yem (= clay river).
(3) čeġai'-va'am (=pebbly river).
ya?-va'am (=clay river).
(5) a'r?u-vei'em (=muddy river).
(6) kīx* (= river).
CORONA BOREALIS.
(1) omqa'-ya'ġIlhIn (= polar bear's paw).
(3) kawa't-oi'pIn (= fish-heads stuck in).
(4) Kĭlu'-pła'kIłñIn (Kĭlu''s boot).
ALDEBARAN.
(1) čê'Ło-ma?'qIm (= copper arrow-head).
(3) čičI'ło-xmä'-ła'wut (=copper arrow-head).
ALTAIR AND TARARED.
(1) peġI'ttIn.
(3) paġI'ttIn. 1
CAPELLA.
(1) čŭ'mñI (= reindeer-buck).
(2) yekeñeła'tIlIn (= driving with reindeer).
(3) ġaka'ñIla?n (= one driving with reindeer).
(5) ġeke'ñIlIn (= one driving with reindeer).
WAGONER.
(1) čŭmña'-nlete'tIlIn 2 (= reindeer-buck carrier).
Footnotes
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judging by the transcription, the names of constellations given by Jochelson are of Paren origin. They all have instead e of the a of Kamenskoye. Ačka'p-añai', however, is either a Kamenskoye form, or, in Paren dialect, a second form of the stem used in oblique cases (cf. p. 4). I have also corrected some evident errors (cr. Jochelson, The Koryak, l. c., vol. vi, p. 123); namely, eñe'y instead of eñen, Evan'venañ instead of Ena'nvenañāña, Yekeñeła'tIlIn (or also Yekeñeła?n) of instead of Yeke'ñelaqlIn, Ulve'-iy-i'mitiła?n instead of Ulveiyinitila?n.
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Among the Chukchee, the Belt of Orion is considered the crooked back of the archer Rulte'nnin. It became crooked because his wife struck at it with her tailoring-board, or, according to another version, with the wooden handle of her scraper. Among the Reindeer Koryak, the Belt (if Orion is called Kĭlu'-ena'nvenañ ("Kĭlu''s handle of scraper"). The Koryak archer, who carries his bow crosswise, is evidently identical with the Chukchee archer with the crooked back.
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