The Koori people of Victoria knew Alshain and γ Aquilae as the Black Swan wives of Bunjil (Altair), the Wedge-tailed Eagle.
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It has the traditional name Alshain from the Perso-Arabic term الشاهين aš-šāhīn "the (peregrine) falcon", perhaps by folk etymology from the Persian šāhīn tarāzū (or possibly šāhīn tara zed; see γ Aquilae), the Persian name for the asterism α, β and γ Aquilae.
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