ah ine - o - to a - te - man ava , ▁literally ▁" A ster ▁the ▁priest ess ▁of ▁brave ▁heart ", ▁figur atively ▁the ▁" p ill ar ▁for ▁el oc ution ". ▁The ▁Ward aman ▁people ▁of ▁the ▁Northern ▁Territ ory ▁in ▁Australia ▁gave ▁Pro cy on ▁and ▁G ome isa ▁the ▁names ▁Mag um ▁and ▁G ur um ana , ▁describing ▁them ▁as ▁humans ▁who ▁were ▁transformed ▁into ▁g um ▁trees ▁in ▁the ▁dream time . ▁Although ▁their ▁skin ▁had ▁turned ▁to ▁b ark , ▁they ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁speak ▁with ▁a ▁human ▁voice ▁by ▁rust ling ▁their ▁leaves . ▁ ▁The ▁Az te c ▁calendar ▁was ▁related ▁to ▁their ▁cosm ology . ▁The ▁stars ▁of ▁Can is ▁Minor ▁were ▁incorpor ated ▁along ▁with ▁some ▁stars ▁of ▁Or ion ▁and ▁Gem ini ▁into ▁an ▁a ster ism ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁day ▁called ▁" W ater ". ▁ ▁Character istics ▁ ▁L ying ▁directly ▁south ▁of ▁Gem ini ' s ▁bright ▁stars ▁Cast or ▁and ▁Pol l ux , ▁Can is ▁Minor ▁is ▁a ▁small ▁const ell ation ▁border ed ▁by ▁Mon oc eros ▁to ▁the ▁south , ▁Gem ini ▁to ▁the ▁north , ▁Can cer ▁to ▁the ▁n ortheast , ▁and ▁H yd ra ▁to ▁the ▁east . ▁It ▁does ▁not ▁border ▁Can is ▁Major ; ▁Mon oc eros ▁is ▁in ▁between ▁the ▁two . ▁Cover ing ▁ 1 8 3 ▁square ▁degrees , ▁Can is ▁Minor ▁ranks ▁sevent y - first ▁of ▁the ▁ 8 8 ▁const