Friday, August 16, 2019
Demonic Nomenclature
Brian Stross, "Eight Reinterpretations of Submerged Symbolism in the Mayan Popol Wuj," Anthropological Linguistics 49.3/4 (Fall-Winter, 2007) 388-423 (at 419):
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Quichua (del Oriente) of Ecuador has a similar-sounding word for 'devil' supai ('el demonio, el diablo, el espíritu maligno'). It is based on the word supi 'flatus, flatulence'—an exact parallel to Yukateko kisin 'devil', which is based on Yukateko kis 'flatus, flatulence, breaking wind'. The Peruvian Quechua word supay or supai, with meanings of 'demon, devil, witch', occurs in a number of Quechua dialects (Anne Helsley p.c. 1985).Related posts:
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