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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454235003321

Autore

Andrews Munya

Titolo

The seven sisters of the Pleiades [[electronic resource] ] : stories from around the world / / Munya Andrews

Pubbl/distr/stampa

North Melbourne, Vic., : Spinifex Press, 2004

ISBN

1-74219-462-1

1-74219-174-6

1-74219-172-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (386 p.)

Disciplina

202.12

Soggetti

Stars - Mythology

Mythology, Aboriginal Australian

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-368) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; Prologue A Grandmother's Tale: Seven Stars for Seven Sisters; Chapter One The Sweet Influence of the Pleiades: Unravelling the Mystery; Chapter Two Pleiades: Seven Daughters of Atlas and Pleione; Chapter Three Maimai: Seven Sisters of the Dreamtime; Chapter Four Mateo Tipi: Seven Star Girls of Devils Tower; Chapter Five Krittika: Seven Star Girls of Devils Tower; Chapter Six Athurai: Seven Cows of Ancient Egypt; Chapter Seven Matariki: Seven Little Eyes of Heaven; Chapter Eight Subaru: The Story of the Lost Sister

Chapter Nine The Pleiades Calendar: Keeping Time with the Seven SistersReferences

Sommario/riassunto

The 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