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Nyctibiidae 

Nyctibius grandis             Great Potoo          Quichua: Iluku; Jiluku  

Eulodia Dagua, "The Story of Iluku and the Moon."

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Tod D. Swanson, "Eulodia Dagua, 'The Story of Iluku and the Moon.’"  Youtube video. 3:54.  December 17, 2016. https://youtu.be/xAfdmrh8_tM

Clara Santi Grefa, "Hearing the Jilucu (Grand Potoo bird) Makes Me Sad."

"Llakichina"- (dar pena, to cause sadness, love, empathy) is the stated purpose of many Amazonian songs and stories.  "Llakichina" is also the effect that hearing the voices of birds and animals often produces in traditional older people Here a Pastaza Kichwa woman shows the vine through which Mother Jilucu tried to follow her brother/husband the moon into the sky before she fell and turned into the bird that cries when she sees the moon.   Recorded and translated by Tod Swanson during the Andes and Amazon Field School.

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Tod D. Swanson,  "Clara Santi Grefa, 'Hearing the Jilucu (Grand Potoo bird) Makes Me Sad."' Youtube video. 3:13  May 2, 2012.  https://youtu.be/svVQ_P4H0wY

Eulodia Dagua, "Jiluku, Kingu, and the Moon, Pt. 1." 

English subtitles.

Version with Quichua subtitles

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Tod D. Swanson,  'Eulodia Dagua, "Jiluku, Kingu, and the Moon, Pt. 1."'  Youtube video. 2:56.  April 10, 2014.  https://youtu.be/x9AFLZra6sQ

Eulodia Dagua, "Jiluku, Kingu, and the Moon, Pt. 2." 

English subtitles.

Version with Quichua subtitles

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Tod D. Swanson,  'Eulodia Dagua, "Jiluku, Kingu, and the Moon, Pt. 2."'  Youtube video. 2:56.  April 10, 2014.  https://youtu.be/OY8Kw9U6p7Q

Eulodia Dagua, "Jiluku, Kingu, and the Moon, Pt. 3." 

Quichua subtitles.

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Tod D. Swanson,  'Eulodia Dagua, "Jiluku, Kingu, and the Moon, Pt. 2."'  Youtube video. 0:31.  April 10, 2014.   https://youtu.be/0fWvBS4RCD4

Eulodia Dagua, "Jiluku, Kingu, and the Moon, Pt. 4." 

Quichua subtitles

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Tod D. Swanson,  'Eulodia Dagua, "Jiluku, Kingu, and the Moon, Pt. 4."'  Youtube video. 0:57.  April 10, 2014. 

https://youtu.be/dzQ1-LtNsaI

Eulodia Dagua, "Jiluku, Kingu, and the Moon, Pt. 5." 

Quichua subtitles

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Tod D. Swanson,  'Eulodia Dagua, "Jiluku, Kingu, and the Moon, Pt. 4."'  Youtube video. 0:48.  April 10, 2014. https://youtu.be/6aHlvOGO_PI

Eulodia Dagua, "The Moon's Sister Becomes the Kingu Constellation."  

Quichua subtitles

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Tod D. Swanson,  'Eulodia Dagua, "The Moon's Sister Becomes the Kingu Constellation."' Youtube video. 2:07 November 10, 2015.  https://youtu.be/_iqgbM0S-M8

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