{"collection":"asia","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/asia/kort/kort30.htm","path":"asia/kort/kort30.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/asia/kort/kort30.htm","text":"NOTE.--In the lists given below, the numbers in parentheses indicate different dialects, as follows:\n| (1) Chukchee. | (4) Koryak of Qare'\u00f1In. | \n| (2) Koryak of Paren, according to Jochelson. 1 | (5) Koryak of Lesna. | \n| (3) Koryak of Kamenskoye. | (6) Kamchadal of the coast. | \nPOLAR STAR.\n(1) Ilu'k*e'\u00f1er (= motionless star).\nA?qe'p-e'\u00f1er (= nail-star).\n(2) A\u010dka'p-a\u00f1a'y (= nail-star).\n(3) Alqa'p-a'\u00f1ay (= nail-star).\n(4) Elke'p-e'\u00f1er (= nail-star).\n(5) E\u0142ka'p-e'\u00f1er (= nail-star).\nURSA MAJOR.\n(1) wIyotki\u00f1a'ulIt (= sling-throwers).\n(2) elwe'-kye\u00f1 (= wild reindeer-buck).\nelwe'-e\u00f1e'y (= wild-reindeer star).\n(3) I\u0142va'-kyI\u00f1 (= wild reindeer-buck).\nI\u0142va'-a'\u00f1ay (= wild-reindeer star).\n(4) I\u0142va'-kI'rI\u00f1 (=wild reindeer-buck).\n(5) mai'\u00f1I-kI'rI\u00f1 (=large reindeer-buck).\n(6) kI'rI\u00f1 (= reindeer-buck).\nPLEIADES.\n(1) \u00f1aus*qa\u0135o'mkIn (= group of women 2).\n(2) ke'tmet (= little sieve).\n(3) ka'tma\u010d (= sieve).\n(4) ke'rmes (= sieve).\ni\u0142va'u (=wild reindeer [pl.]).\n(5) ke'rmes* (= sieve).\n(6) n\u00f6'jicx (= string).\nCASSIOPEIA.\n(1) Ilve't (= wild reindeer [pl.]).\n(3) \u00f1awIs*qatI'mkIn 2 (= group of women').\n(5) qai-kI'ri\u00f1 (= small reindeer-buck).\n(6) x*ai'hene (= wolf).\nORION.\n(1) rulte'nnin (= crooked one).\n(3) yu'\u0142t-a'\u00f1ay (= crooked star).\n(4) ru\u0142te'yet (= crooked one).\nwo\u0142va'kI-r-i'mti\u0142a?n (= crosswise-bow carrier).\n(5) ru\u0142te'yIlIn (= crooked one).\nBELT OF ORION.\n(2) ena'nvena\u00f1 3 (= handle of scraper).\nulve'-iy-i'mti\u0142a?n (= crosswise-bow carrier).\n(3) vu'\u0142vI-iy-i'mtI\u0142a?n (= crosswise-bow carrier)\n(6) kantc (= long scraper).\nMILKY WAY.\n(1) \u010di\u0121ei'-ve'em (pebbly river).\n(2) ya?'-ve'yem (= clay river).\n(3) \u010de\u0121ai'-va'am (=pebbly river).\nya?-va'am (=clay river).\n(5) a'r?u-vei'em (=muddy river).\n(6) k\u012bx* (= river).\nCORONA BOREALIS.\n(1) omqa'-ya'\u0121IlhIn (= polar bear's paw).\n(3) kawa't-oi'pIn (= fish-heads stuck in).\n(4) K\u012dlu'-p\u0142a'kI\u0142\u00f1In (K\u012dlu''s boot).\nALDEBARAN.\n(1) \u010d\u00ea'\u0141o-ma?'qIm (= copper arrow-head).\n(3) \u010di\u010dI'\u0142o-xm\u00e4'-\u0142a'wut (=copper arrow-head).\nALTAIR AND TARARED.\n(1) pe\u0121I'ttIn.\n(3) pa\u0121I'ttIn. 1\nCAPELLA.\n(1) \u010d\u016d'm\u00f1I (= reindeer-buck).\n(2) yeke\u00f1e\u0142a'tIlIn (= driving with reindeer).\n(3) \u0121aka'\u00f1Ila?n (= one driving with reindeer).\n(5) \u0121eke'\u00f1IlIn (= one driving with reindeer).\nWAGONER.\n(1) \u010d\u016dm\u00f1a'-nlete'tIlIn 2 (= reindeer-buck carrier).\n104:1 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. A\u010dka'p-a\u00f1ai', 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, e\u00f1e'y instead of e\u00f1en, Evan'vena\u00f1 instead of Ena'nvena\u00f1\u0101\u00f1a, Yeke\u00f1e\u0142a'tIlIn (or also Yeke\u00f1e\u0142a?n) of instead of Yeke'\u00f1elaqlIn, Ulve'-iy-i'miti\u0142a?n instead of Ulveiyinitila?n.\n105:2 \"Group of women\" is the name of the Pleiades among the Chukchee, and of Cassiopeia among the Koryak of Kamenskoye. One of these women is called by the Koryak of Kamenskoye Yini'a-\u00f1aw\u0121ut, and another K\u012dlu'.\n105:3 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 K\u012dlu'-ena'nvena\u00f1 (\"K\u012dlu''s handle of scraper\"). The Koryak archer, who carries his bow crosswise, is evidently identical with the Chukchee archer with the crooked back.\n106:1 According to Mr. Jochelson, Pege'ten (\"suspended breath\") is the name of the Morning Star. I was unable to ascertain the derivation of this word.\n106:2 Some stars in the constellation Wagoner are also called \u0121eke'\u00f1IlIt \"reindeer-drivers\"); cf. Bogoras, The Chukchee, l. c., vol. vii, p. 308.","title":"Koryak Texts: Appendix II. Constellations","type":"page"}