He aha ka manaʻo o ka honu ma ʻApelika. Encyclopedia of symbols

Nā Manu: Nā Kau ʻuhane

Hōʻike ke kiʻi i kahi manu ʻuhane. No nā poʻe ʻApelika a pau, ua manaʻo ʻia ka ʻuhane i make ʻole a manaʻo ʻia he mea kūʻokoʻa. ʻO ka poʻe kilokilo ʻino, ma muli o kā lākou hana, he nui nā ʻenemi, e hūnā mau lākou i nā mea o ko lākou ʻuhane i loko o nā pahu he nui, i pūnana i loko o kekahi i kekahi, a laila waiho lākou i loko o nā kino o nā holoholona, ​​​​ka nui o nā manu. Inā make ka manu, pau ke ola o ke kilo. Ma ka moʻomeheu ʻApelika, pili nā manu me nā ʻuhane. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka ʻuhane o ke kanaka i pepehi ʻia me ke kōkua ʻana o ka ʻeleʻele hiki ke hoʻopuni i ke ʻano o ka manu mele. Ma Zimbabwe, ua manaʻo ʻia nā ʻāleʻa e pili ana i nā manu lā. Mahalo ka poʻe i ko lākou wikiwiki a me ka dexterity, hiki i nā ʻāleʻa ke hele wikiwiki i ka wahi pouli, e like me ke kukuna o ka mālamalama. Wahi a ka moʻolelo, hiki mai ka lā mua ma ka honua i ka hopu ʻia ʻana o nā manu lā.

Ua manaʻo ʻia nā nūnū ma ʻApelika Hikina he hōʻailona o ke aloha like ʻole, ʻoiai ua kūpaʻa nā kāne nūnū i kekahi i ko lākou ola a pau. No ka poʻe Yoruba ma Nigeria, ʻo nā nūnū he mau manu maʻamau e hōʻike ana i ka hanohano a me ka waiwai.

ʻO ka pueo nā manu e hoʻolohe i nā kupua. Hiki i nā kilokilo ke hana pū me nā holoholona, ​​a hiki ke lawe i ko lākou ʻano. ʻIke ʻia nā pueo ma ke ʻano he harbingers a i ʻole wānana i kekahi mea. Ma nā wahi he nui, ua manaʻo ʻia ko lākou uē ʻana he hōʻailona o ka hewa.

Ua manaʻo ʻia ka falcon ma Zaire e lawe mai i ka mālamalama. Ma hope o kona hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana mai ka lua mai, kahi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai ʻo ia, ua lele nui ka falcon i ka lewa a hoʻāla i ka lā.

ʻO ke akamai o ka lupe, nāna e hoʻōla i ke ola mai ka make mai, mahalo ʻia e nā ʻohana he nui. Manaʻo pinepine ʻia kēia manu he manu o ka ʻuhane, a ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei ka poʻe o ʻApelika Hikina e lawe nā lupe i nā ʻuhane o nā kino a lākou i ʻai ai. No laila, manaʻo ʻia ʻo kēia mau manu e lawe i nā mōhai i hoʻohanohano ʻia i ke akua. ʻAʻole hiki ke hana me ka ʻole o nā lupe waena.

Source: "Symbols of Africa" ​​​​Heike Ovuzu