Direction names in native languages encode the sun’s motion and embed persons in place

Evidence

Thus, north may be referred to as “to the left side of the sun rising”; south, “to the right side of the sun rising”; east, “to the sun rising”; and west, “to the sun setting” … Orientation is essential for Indi - genous people because each person belongs to a place. Understanding orientation is essential in order to grasp what it means to be related. — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 1623

Categorization

• CANDY: A compact, quotable fact — the sun-relative naming of directions is an easy conversation opener.
• XREF: Supports ch10’s point that metaphor shapes entire conceptual systems and ways of seeing. — connects to: Quechua ecological feeling is sensual and continuous with landscape, weather, and the dead — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 1627; Precolonial Thai maps encoded cosmology and locality, not abstract territory — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on…, 655

Broader Connections

• Precolonial Thai maps encoded cosmology and locality, not abstract territory #expands (0.80) — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 655