Bad Astronomy: finding historical parallels

Wanyudo, 1779

The funny thing about history is that is that eventually you find that others have made the same discovery in the past. Here we have the Yokai (mischevious spirit) known as Wanyudo that takes the form of a burning wheel with a grotesque central face.
Sure it could be some nasty battle Tactic where the face of some enemy is to cut off and stitched over the hub of a Cart or Wagon Wheel and set on fire as it is rolled down hill into a village to terrify the villagers during a violent raid, but it reminds me of a tiny Rubidium Star orbiting a distant White Dwarf and a wheel with spokes of debris falling back into the star - a star system lensing past Proxima Centauri. It makes you wonder about the origin of Yokai in general. What if they are Astronomical References?

The level of Technology required to make such observations would be very high. High enough that it would be the remnants of a civilization that either vanished in the distant past leaving only concepts and ideas for future generations, or a future civilization that will discover time travel.

So, in memory of the past, lets call this distant burning wagon wheel star system Wanyudo-1779.