History of the star: The southern star in the shields near the Mastholder of Argo, in the Keel of the Great Ship.

No myths or interpretations are associated with Carina because it was not visible to the ancients in the northern hemisphere, and it was seen as part of the constellation Argo Navis, the Great Ship, until the has been split up into three constellations; Carina the Keel, Vela the Sails, Puppis the Stern, plus a subordinate division of Argo now called Pyxis Nautica. 

No myths or interpretations are associated with the constellation Carina because it was not visible to the ancients in the northern hemisphere, and it had always been seen as part of the constellation Argo Navis, the Great Ship, until French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1752 subdivided Argo Navis into Carina (the keel of the ship), Puppis (the poop), and Vela (the sails), plus a subordinate division of Argo now called Pyxis Nautica.