UCanzibe
From All Skies Encyclopaedia
Authors: ASE Tech Team
uCanzibe is a Xhosa asterism for Canopus.
Etymology and History
Canopus is the second brightest star in the heavens and is referred to as “uCanzibe” in Xhosa, which means shining and sparkling. The star is seen as traditional Xhosa boys dancing, or sometimes as one of two suitors (Sirius, the brightest star, being the other), possibly rivals in their quest for affection.[1]
Mythology
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Reference
- ↑ Lock, Suki (online). Xhosa sky culture in Stellarium, https://github.com/stellarium/stellarium , printed in Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds., 2022), Astronomy in Culture --Cultures of Astronomy. Astronomie in der Kultur--Kulturen der Astronomie.: Featuring the Proceedings of the Splinter Meeting at the Annual Conference of the Astronomische Gesselschafb Sept. 14-16, 2021, tredition, Ahrensburg (Germany): 735-736.
