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==Representations in other cultures== In [[Vedic period]] astronomy, which drew its zodiac signs and many constellations from the period of the [[Indo-Greek Kingdom]], Indian observers saw the asterism as a boat.<ref>{{cite book |last=Selin |first=Helaine |title=Astronomy Across Cultures: The history of non-western astronomy |date=6 December 2012 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-94-011-4179-6 |page=308 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vRHvCAAAQBAJ |via=Google Books}}</ref> The [[Māori people|Māori]] had several names for the constellation, including ''Te Waka-o-Tamarereti'' (the canoe of Tamarereti),<ref name="Robertson">{{cite book |last1=Robertson |first1=Margaret |last2=Po Eung |first2=Eric |title=Everyday Knowledge, Education, and Sustainable Futures: Transdisciplinary approaches in the Asia-Pacific region |date=June 1, 2016 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-9811002168 |page=63}}</ref> ''Te Kohi-a-Autahi'' (an expression meaning "cold of autumn settling down on land and water"),<ref name="Best">{{cite journal |last=Best |first=Elsdon |title=Food Products of Tuhoeland: being notes on the food-supplies of non-agricultural tribes of the natives of New Zealand; together with some account of various customs, superstitions, &c., pertaining to foods |journal=Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand |date=July 1903 |volume=35 |page=78}}</ref> and ''Te Kohi''.<ref>{{cite book |author=Maud Worcester Makemson |title=The Morning Star Rises: An account of Polynesian astronomy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pj0eAAAAIAAJ |via=Google Books |year=1941 |publisher=[[Yale University Press]]|bibcode=1941msra.book.....M }}</ref>
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