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'''Quaoar''' is the creation deity of the [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] [[Tongva people|Tongva]] people, native to the area around [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], California. According to Tongva mythology, Quaoar sings and dances the world and other deities into existence. |
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'''Quaoar''' is one spelling of the name of a [[creation deity]] in the [[Tongva mythology|mythology]] of the [[Tongva people]] and related groups, native to the area around [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], California. |
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Quaoar (also spelled ''Quaguar'', ''Qua-o-ar'', ''Kwawar'', etc.) is otherwise known as [[Chinigchinix]], as ''Ouiamot'' (similar to the name of [[Wiyot]] (''Ouiot'') perhaps taken to be his childhood name before initiation, as ''Saor'', and as ''Tobet''. |
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Like in most other creation myths, at first there was [[Chaos (cosmogony)|Chaos]]. Then along came Quaoar. He was sorrowed by the emptiness in existence and began to dance, whirl, and twirl all about while he sang the Song of Creation. God of the Sky, [[Weywot]], was first to be formed of the creation melody. Next came [[Chehooit]], who became Goddess of the Earth. These two new deities joined in the dance and created the sun and moon ([[Tamit]] and [[Moar (god)|Moar]], respectively). |
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The name was first recorded by Hugo Reid in his 1852 description of Tongva, in the spelling ''Qua-o-ar''. |
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Quaoar's parents were Tacu and Auzar, or, according to other accounts, he was born of ''Tamaayawut'' (Mother Earth). |
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Together these five sang and danced everything else into existence: animals, plants, people, and the other gods as well. His work finished, Quaoar faded into obscurity, perhaps returning to wherever it was he came from originally. |
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According to yet other accounts, "he had neither father nor mother". |
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Chinigchinix was born, or first appeared, after the death of [[Wiyot]], a tyrannical ruler of the first beings, who was poisoned by his sons. |
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Wiyot's murder brought death into the world, and as a consequence, the male creator Night divided the first human ancestors into distinct peoples, assinging them languages and territories.<ref>Michael Eugene Harkin, ''Reassessing revitalization movements: perspectives from North America and the Pacific Islands'', American Anthropological Association, U of Nebraska Press, 2004 |
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ISBN 9780803224063, p. 15.</ref> |
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In 2002, a large [[Trans-Neptunian object]] was named [[50000 Quaoar|Quaoar]] after the Tongva deity. |
In 2002, a large [[Trans-Neptunian object]] was named [[50000 Quaoar|Quaoar]] after the Tongva deity. |
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Quaoar is one spelling of the name of a creation deity in the mythology of the Tongva people and related groups, native to the area around Los Angeles, California.
Quaoar (also spelled Quaguar, Qua-o-ar, Kwawar, etc.) is otherwise known as Chinigchinix, as Ouiamot (similar to the name of Wiyot (Ouiot) perhaps taken to be his childhood name before initiation, as Saor, and as Tobet. The name was first recorded by Hugo Reid in his 1852 description of Tongva, in the spelling Qua-o-ar. Quaoar's parents were Tacu and Auzar, or, according to other accounts, he was born of Tamaayawut (Mother Earth). According to yet other accounts, "he had neither father nor mother". Chinigchinix was born, or first appeared, after the death of Wiyot, a tyrannical ruler of the first beings, who was poisoned by his sons. Wiyot's murder brought death into the world, and as a consequence, the male creator Night divided the first human ancestors into distinct peoples, assinging them languages and territories.[1]
In 2002, a large Trans-Neptunian object was named Quaoar after the Tongva deity.
Pronunciation
Tongva mythology is only preserved in scraps, and the Tongva pronunciation of Quaoar is not certain. It's not even entirely clear if it had two syllables or three. There have been several transcriptions. The Spanish transcribed it Quaguar [ˈkwawar], reflecting the Spanish use of gu for [w]. Hugo Reid recorded the name from Tongva elders in 1852 as Qua-o-ar, and this (apart from the hyphens) is the spelling preferred by the Tongva today. Kroeber (1925)[2] spells it Kwawar, though he notes Reid's spelling as well: Kwawar (" Qua-o-ar "). Harrington (1933) gives the most precise transcription, K(w)á’uwar, in interpreting an 1846 translation of a Spanish text.[3] Given the general quality of Harrington's work, this might be expected to be the most accurate as well, approximately [ˈkʷaʔuwar], with three syllables. In English it is /ˈkwɑːwɑːr/, with two syllables.
References
- ^ Michael Eugene Harkin, Reassessing revitalization movements: perspectives from North America and the Pacific Islands, American Anthropological Association, U of Nebraska Press, 2004 ISBN 9780803224063, p. 15.
- ^ Kroeber, Alfred. 1925. Handbook of the Indians of California, Volume 2
- ^ Harrington, John Peabody. 1933. Chinigchinich: A Revised and Annotated Version of Alfred Robinson's Translation of Father Geronimo Boscana's Historical Account of the Belief, Usages, Customs and Extravagancies of the Indians of This Mission of San Juan Capistrano Called the Acagchemem Tribe (1846). Hanna, ed.
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