Guñelve
Encyclopedia
Guñelve is a symbol from the Mapuche
iconography which can be described as an octagram
or a star with eight points.
It represents the planet Venus, but has also erroneously been thought to represent the canelo tree
, which is considered sacred among the Mapuches.
Mapuche
The Mapuche are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina. They constitute a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who shared a common social, religious and economic structure, as well as a common linguistic heritage. Their influence extended...
iconography which can be described as an octagram
Octagram
In geometry, an octagram is an eight-sided star polygon.- Geometry :In general, an octagram is any self-intersecting octagon ....
or a star with eight points.
It represents the planet Venus, but has also erroneously been thought to represent the canelo tree
Drimys winteri
Drimys winteri , or Canelo, is a slender tree, growing up to 20 m tall. It is native to the Magellanic and Valdivian temperate rain forests of Chile and Argentina, where it is a dominant tree in the coastal evergreen forests. It is found below 1200 meters between latitude 32° south and Cape...
, which is considered sacred among the Mapuches.