oko uhu

Barasana

Etymology

oko (“water”) +‎ uhu (“master”), literally "master of water".

Noun

oko uhu

  1. the egret, associated by the Barasana with cold, mists and rain

References

  • 1982, Hugh-Jones, Barasana Cosmology, in Ethnoastronomy and archaeoastronomy in the American tropics: oko uhu
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