Thursday, July 06, 2023

Baby Turtle (Nonnewaug, CT)

 Looking for that baby turtle, over by the old rabbit hutches...



Káhtôquwuk (NI) a pile, a heap, that which is heaped high,

 by placing one above another, allegorically, a 'stone prayer.'

káhtôquwukansh plural “heaps”

 káhtôquwukanuk  “in the pile” 

https://www.moheganlanguage.org/2017/05/01/hvo20856/








(Above: Reversed image, lifted from Below:)



A single stone turtle, perhaps a snapping turtle, facing east:







Nearby, on a different Káhtôquwuk or Stone Prayer:


Tûnuppasuonk Kodtonquag

 - turtle effigy in (stacked) stone(s)?

      (Nipmeuw).


“Invested with prayers for the balance of the universe”


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