The following text comes from the 1627 Timucua Catecismo (f30r-32r), discussing what happened on the 6th day of creation:
It is hard to figure out what Timucua word might correspond to what kind of snake. The Spanish text is not very specific, and seems to use serpientes, culebras, and víporas as synonyms. (I know that there are actually differences in the technical application in Spanish, but I don't see much evidence of differences in the colonial Spanish text.)
When discussing the snake that persuaded Eve to eat the apple, the Timucua uses iyolaribe or yyolaribe as equivalent to 'serpiente', and Pareja's Arte (f53) has an example of yoraba, translated as 'vipora' or 'culebra'.
But it is intriguing that in the Timucua, three of the venomous snakes begin with iyola, while three (fecheni, elatubasa, utimala) do not. Also that there are now six kinds of venomous snakes in Florida:
https://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology/fl-snakes/venomous-snakes/
It is hard to figure out what Timucua word might correspond to what kind of snake. The Spanish text is not very specific, and seems to use serpientes, culebras, and víporas as synonyms. (I know that there are actually differences in the technical application in Spanish, but I don't see much evidence of differences in the colonial Spanish text.)
When discussing the snake that persuaded Eve to eat the apple, the Timucua uses iyolaribe or yyolaribe as equivalent to 'serpiente', and Pareja's Arte (f53) has an example of yoraba, translated as 'vipora' or 'culebra'.
But it is intriguing that in the Timucua, three of the venomous snakes begin with iyola, while three (fecheni, elatubasa, utimala) do not. Also that there are now six kinds of venomous snakes in Florida:
https://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology/fl-snakes/venomous-snakes/
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