I123. Altair is the messenger of the sun. 39.40.

Altair with a small neighboring star from Orel or Vega with the same weak star are considered to appear during or immediately after the winter solstice, although in reality they are still visible before that.

SV Asia. The Chukchi [Altair and Tarared in the constellation Eagle stand out as Peggittn (Pehi'ttin); it is considered to bring light after the polar night, as it appears around winter solstices; reindeer and many coastal Chukchi are making sacrifices to him at this time; Peggittn was the ancestor of a tribe whose members all went to heaven after death; you can't learn more succeeded]: Bogoraz 1935:24 (=Bogoras 1907:307).

The Arctic. Northern Alaska Inupiate: Bockstoce 1988 (Point Barrow) [Vega and two other inconspicuous stars are called agri-la-wik because they are visible at certain times of the year just before dawn]: 351 in MacDonald 1998:45; Hall 1975, No. PM45 (Noatak) [the grandson lived with his grandmother, every morning and evening the grandson took out a pot of grandmother; one day at the end of December he disappeared; in the morning the grandmother went looking for him, saw him dance, Seeing Agruk (Agjuuk; a ray of sunshine that first appears after the polar night); followed him, the grandson flew to Agruk, the grandmother followed him, the grandson became a bright star, the grandmother was weak nearby; when Agruk appears, grandson and grandmother strive for them, become rays; then become stars again]: 228; Coronation Guil [Rasmussen recorded a spell in which the performer asks when it will come morning and the constellation AagJuuk rises]: MacDonald 1998:47; netsilic (Nattilingmiut) [the Aagjuuk constellation is associated with the "entrap" near the Sun's home]: Rasmussen 1931:238 on MacDonald 1998:49; igloolik [Aagjuuk's appearance in the morning is considered an indication of the shortest day]: MacDomain 1998:48; West Greenland: Birket-Smith 1924 ( Egedesminde) [Augsuutit - two stars that appear above the horizon around Christmas]: 436 in MacDomain 1998:46; Schultz-Lorentzen 1927 [Aagsiit (Aagjuuk) is a constellation that appears in the most short day of the year]: 3 on MacDomain 1998:46; East Greenland [winter solstice determined by star Asiit (Altair)]: Thalbitzer 1914 (1): 105 in MacDonald 1998:48-49.