I133A. Big Bird Constellation .19.20.37.58.

There is a constellation that stands for a bird and corresponds to several major constellations of European traditions (mostly equatorial rather than circumpolar).

Admiralty Islands, Satawal, Puluwat, Nukumanu, Rennell, Anuta, Manchus, Caribbean Islands, Wapishana.

Melanesia. Admiralty Islands: Hoeppe 2000 (East Manus) [all older informants know about the manuai 'bird; eagle' constellation, but are not always able to explain exactly where it is located; most often identifies with Sirius (bird body), Procion (north wing) and Canopus (south wing), i.e. it occupies more than a third of the night sky; when manuai rises in the east, its wings are raised, and when descends in the west - down; manuai is visible in the evening sky with the arrival of the rainy season, the flapping of its wings contributes to the appearance of wind ai (northwest monsoon, marks the beginning of the rainy season)]: 27-29 , 31-32, 34; Ross et al. 2007 (Ninigo) [mān - constellation including Canopus, Sirius, and Procyon; mānifono 'head'); mānitola 'Procyon'; mānihaiup 'Canopus'; name The constellations go back to the Protomalayan-Polynesian *manuk 'bird', the Proto-Oceanic *manuk 'bird, Bird constellation' {cf. data for Micronesia and Outer Polynesia}]: 168-169).

Micronesia-Polynesia. Descriptions of a large constellation associated with a bird and references to individual asterisms that are considered parts of its body (based, among other things, on the basis of these data, the proto-oceanic * manuk 'bird, Bird constellation'). Satawal [mān '(constellation incl.) Sirius'; paīne-māne-mefu'Procyon (lit. 'northern wing of Manuk'); paīne-māne-mer 'Canopus (lit. 'southern wing of Manuk')], Puluwat [mān 'a scattered group of stars, Canopus, Sirius, Procyon'; yinekin-mān 'Sirius' (yinek 'body, trunk')], Nukumanu [" the long wing of the Big Bird constellation is associated with Canopus, and the "short" wing may be associated with a star from the Unicorn constellation], Rennell [te tino-manu 'three bright stars at the end of Taurus' (tino 'body') {probably part of the constellation Manu}], Anuta (near Tikopia) [a known constellation called Manu ("Bird"), stretching from Procyon to Canopus: manu 'Bird constellation, considering of Sirius (Manu's body), Canopus (east wing), Procyon (north wing) and a few stars in between'; te kaokao o manu 'Manu's armpit: a group of four small stars near Sirius; said to pass almost directly over Tikopia when approaching from Anuta; te opița o manu 'Manu's armpit' (a Tikopian term often used in Anuta) ; te kapakau paka-tokerau 'Procyon, the north wing (of Manu's constellation) '; te kapakau paka-to⋅a 'Canopus, Manu's east wing']: Ross et al. 2007:168-169.

Amur - Sakhalin. Manchus [Daimin Gasha (Daimin - "the eagle itself", Gasha - "A larger bird; {apparently, this means a mythical bird, not just an eagle}), Daimin Gege (eagle's sister), Daimin Enduri (eagle god), Dalah Daimih {probably a typo: Dalan Daimin} (senior eagle). This large constellation, also called minggan usiha (thousand stars), includes stars from Gemini, Crow, Orion, Taurus, Ursa Minor, and Ursa Major. The eagle's left paw has shackles (these are Eridani's stars). Since the constellation is far from the summer constellation Eagle, the relationship between them is weak. This is the main animal deity of the Manchu shamanic pantheon. The eagle goddess brings up the first shaman in the holy water of the solar river (according to one version, before later). Sometimes she is given golden wings because she is considered a messenger of fire who carries the sun]: Baker 2004:44-45.

Guiana. Caribbean Islands [Sky Heron (constellation) causes storms and thunderstorms]: Metraux 1944:134; Robiou-Lamarche 1990a: 39-40; 1990b: 84-85; vapishana [thunder, lightning, rain causes, waving its wings, a flying heron (the constellations of Gemini, Cancer, Leo)]: Farabee 1918:102 (also cit. Metraux 1944:134).