Are there non-western names for the southern constellations?

I'm sure there are since at southern latitudes we have ancient populated lands such as Africa, Australia, Polynesia and South America. I do not recall, however, hearing much about the constellation names assigned to specific star patterns by any of these peoples. This seems to be a heritage of the ancient Greeks.


Copyright 1997 Dr. Sten Odenwald
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