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Nyctibiidae
Nyctibius grandis Great Potoo Quichua: Iluku; Jiluku
Eulodia Dagua, "The Story of Iluku and the Moon."
Cite video as:
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.
Cite video as:
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
Cite video as:
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
Cite video as:
Tod D. Swanson, 'Eulodia Dagua, "Jiluku, Kingu, and the Moon, Pt. 4."' Youtube video. 0:57. April 10, 2014.
Eulodia Dagua, "Jiluku, Kingu, and the Moon, Pt. 5."
Quichua subtitles
Cite video as:
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
Cite video as:
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
