Wiyu

== Ye'kwana == === Alternative forms === Weyu === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [wiju] === Proper noun === Wiyu (Ye'kwana mythology) the supernatural mistress of the water and mother to its creatures, a malevolent symbol of fecundity appearing variously as the anaconda and the rainbow: the Plumed Serpent === References === Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “wiyu”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon de Civrieux, Marc (1980), “Huiio”, in David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005), Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎[2], Santa Barbara: University of California, pages 194–199: “Wiyu” Guss, David M. (1989), To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, pages 51, 108, 137, 228, 231: “Wiyu”