Bibliography Record

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Hartt, Charles Frederick (detail)
   
1875
Amazonian tortoise myths.
Rio de Janeiro, William Scully: [ii] + 40.
–According to an Indian story, the stars ? and ? Orionis represent a man and a boy in a canoe chasing a manatee, represented by a nearby dark region of the sky (39).

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Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
  x 1875 Hartt, C.F. (Indians, Brazil; area of sky near Orion identified as manatee; legend; 39.)


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