History of the star: Minkar "Nostril" of the Crow, Corvus. With delta (Algorab) it was the Hindu 11th nakshatra, Hasta, the Hand, with Savitar, the Sun, as its presiding divinity.

[Star Names, Their Lore and Meaning, Richard Hinchley Allen, 1889].

Influence of constellation: According to Ptolemy, Corvus is like Mars and Saturn. It is said to give craftiness, greediness, ingenuity, patience, revengefulness, passion, selfishness, lying, aggressiveness and material instincts, and sometimes causes its natives to become agitators. (Robson).  

"Corvinus, winner of spoils and a name, aided in combat by a bird which hides beneath a bird's exterior the godhead of Phoebus " [Astronomica, Manilius, 1st century AD, p.67.]