Polaris is a person
Stars are people, ghosts, anthropomorphic beings (interpretations of unique star objects like Venus or Polaris as persons not considered)
Milky Way is the path over which souls travel to the beyond or a path of the funeral procession
Milky Way is the path of migratory birds (especially wild geese)
Morning and/or Evening Star is a male personage
Polaris is a (tethering) pole or a nail
Morning and Evening stars are opposed as a man and a woman or vice versa
Stars are shining stones, spangles, beads
Milky Way is a trace of spilled milk
Stars are openings in the firmament; holes in dwelling's covering are thought to be stars