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Castor and Pollux
Pollux · β Geminorum · Gemini
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In the classical tradition this is पुनर्वसु Punarvasu, attested in 8 texts.
The names
folk 2 · tribal 6
| Name | Language | Meaning | Register |
|---|---|---|---|
| Themü-rüü | Angami Naga the Angami country, Naga Hills (now Nagaland) | 'the Star-Girls' Two girls killed by raiders while spinning in front of the house; or, in another version, two girls killed by a tiger while catching snails and fish in the rice terraces — the tiger being the big red star seen just behind them. | tribal |
| Chapchoré-Nonje | Garo the Garo Hills, Assam (now Meghalaya) | Two sisters who came to the funeral in very beautiful clothing; Susime was so pleased that she ordained they should remain for ever as witnesses of her mother's death and roam the heavens together. | tribal |
| Chaike | Korku Melghat, Amravati district, Maharashtra, and adjoining Betul and Khandwa districts, Madhya Pradesh | 'water bearer' The second woman at the well. Magnitude 1.15. | tribal |
| Reike | Korku Melghat, Amravati district, Maharashtra, and adjoining Betul and Khandwa districts, Madhya Pradesh | 'water bearer' One of the two women at the well of Auriga. Magnitude 1.90. | tribal |
| म्हातारा mhātārā | Marathi Maharashtra | the old fellow cultivators' name for the seventh nakṣatra and its rain; paired with तरणा 'the youngster' for Puṣya | folk |
| थोरला कुंवर thōralā kuṃvara | Marathi Maharashtra | the elder son / the big boy cultivators' name for the seventh nakṣatra | folk |
| Vân-pui Sai-hrua | Mizo (Lushai) the Lushai Hills, Assam (now Mizoram) | sai-hrua, an elephant-rope Lorrain names the stars: Castor and Pollux in Gemini, Procyon in Canis Minor, Sirius, and a few others. The first element vân-pui is the great vault overhead. | tribal |
| Letung (A); Wachi ala puzya (B); Aochi (C) | Rengma Naga the Rengma country, Naga Hills (now Nagaland), and the Mikir Hills | A girl and her lover who ran away together. The Western Rengmas say he is cutting a stick for her. | tribal |
Sources
- J.H. Hutton, The Angami Nagas (London: Macmillan, 1921), Appendix VIII, p. 413 link
- Major A. Playfair, The Garos (London: David Nutt, 1909), p. 86 link
- M.N. Vahia, Ganesh Halkare and Purushottam Dahedar, 'Astronomy of the Korku tribe of India', Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 19(2), 216-232 (2016), Table 2, p. 221 link
- J. T. Molesworth, A Dictionary, Marathi and English, 2nd ed. rev. and enl. (Bombay: Bombay Education Society's Press, 1857), s.v. म्हातारा, p. 673 link
- J. T. Molesworth, A Dictionary, Marathi and English, 2nd ed. rev. and enl. (Bombay: Bombay Education Society's Press, 1857), s.v. थोरला कुंवर, p. 398 link
- J. Herbert Lorrain, Dictionary of the Lushai Language, Bibliotheca Indica Work No. 261 (Calcutta: The Asiatic Society, 1940), s.v. Vân-pui Sai-hrua, p. 544 link
- J.P. Mills, The Rengma Nagas (London: Macmillan, 1937), p. 245 link