Anzikilán
Brother in the Pemón-five-brother set, etymologically "partridge" per de Cora 1957. The avian-aligned brother in the etymological-distinguishing-aspect distribution. The partridge in Guianan-Pemón ecological awareness is a savannah-and-clearing bird associated with ground-foraging in the savannah-jungle ecotone — distinct from the canopy-frugivore birds (macaws, parrots) that feasted on the Wazacá tree's fruits before its felling. Anzikilán's avian-aspect frames his ecological position in the brotherhood's coverage of the Pemón landscape: Makunaima the trickster-actor, Zigué the parasitic-insect, Wacalambé the meteorological-wind, Anzikilán the avian-savannah, Ma'nápe the agricultural-seed. His specific narrative actions in the cycle are less detailed than Makunaima's and Ma'nápe's; he is among the brothers who survived the Wazacá flood and continued in the post-flood tepui-shaped landscape.
Parentage
- paternal: Wei
- maternal: Aromadapuén
Powers
- partridge camouflage and flight
- flood survival
Relations
- sibling: Makunaimade Cora 1957 (primary)
- sibling: Ma'nápede Cora 1957 (primary)
- sibling: Ziguéde Cora 1957 (primary)
- sibling: Wacalambéde Cora 1957 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Koch-Grünberg, Vom Roraima zum Orinoco vol. II (1924), recorded from Mayuluaipu (primary); María Manuela de Cora, Kuai-Mare: Mitos Aborigenes de Venezuela (1957) (primary); Cesáreo de Armellada, Tauron Panton (1989) (primary); Iris Myers, ethnographic record of the Makushi (1940s) — comparative material on Pemón ecological lexicon (primary)