Coalsack Nebula

According to a legend reported by W. E. Harney, this being is called Utdjungon and only adherence to the tribal law by surviving tribe members could prevent him from destroying the world with a fiery star.

As bora grounds are generally located on the compass points north–south, the southern coal sack indicates the ceremonial ring.

In Inca astronomy this nebula was called Yutu, after a partridge-like South American bird,[8] or Tinamou.

[9] The Coalsack Nebula appeared in Kenji Miyazawa's story Night on the Galactic Railroad, where the protagonist, Giovanni, experiences his friend, Campanella, departing to his personal afterlife referred to as "True Heaven" where he sees his dead mother waiting for him.

The Coalsack Nebula and the galactic area surrounding it played a large role in Jerry Pournelle's CoDominium Universe, particularly The Mote in God's Eye and the sequel The Gripping Hand, both co-authored with Larry Niven.

Coal Sack Nebula
A depiction of the emu in the sky known as weitj. The weitj in the sky is male, and you can see them guarding their eggs. During Makuru (the coldest and wettest time of the year, that falls across June and July), which is an Australian Aboriginal constellation consisting of dark clouds rather than of stars. The European constellation on the right is Crux , or the Southern Cross, and on the left is Scorpius . The head of the emu is the Coalsack.