The Seven Sisters of the Pleiades: Stories from Around the WorldThe legends of the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades that poets, priests, prophets, shamans, storytellers, artists, singers, and historians have told throughout time are retold in this compilation of the stories that have found their inspiration in nine beautiful stars clustered together in the night sky. While particular attention in this cross-cultural study is paid to the influence of the Pleiades cluster on the living traditions of indigenous people in North America, Australia, Japan, and the Pacific, much ancient mythology passed down through written and visual sources from ancient Egypt, India, Greece, and South America is also explored. Appearances of the myths in the modern world are also mentioned, including American presidential elections, Halloween, Atlantis, the Titanic, and Subaru automobiles. Serious astronomical research complements the variety of mythological explanations for the stars' existence by providing the modern world's scientific understanding of them. |
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| Title | The Seven Sisters of the Pleiades: Stories from Around the World |
| Author | Munya Andrews |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Spinifex Press, 2004 |
| ISBN | 1876756454, 9781876756451 |
| Length | 368 pages |
| Subjects | › › Science / Space Science / Astronomy Social Science / Folklore & Mythology |
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