02985nam 2200589 a 450 991045423500332120200520144314.01-74219-462-11-74219-174-61-74219-172-X(CKB)1000000000693145(EBL)410452(OCoLC)427507239(SSID)ssj0000244561(PQKBManifestationID)11240365(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000244561(PQKBWorkID)10170457(PQKB)10956857(MiAaPQ)EBC410452(Au-PeEL)EBL410452(CaPaEBR)ebr10273719(EXLCZ)99100000000069314520041007d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe seven sisters of the Pleiades[electronic resource] stories from around the world /Munya AndrewsNorth Melbourne, Vic. Spinifex Press20041 online resource (386 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-306-09985-4 1-876756-45-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-368) and index.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 SisterChapter Nine The Pleiades Calendar: Keeping Time with the Seven SistersReferencesThe 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 EgyptStarsMythologyMythology, Aboriginal AustralianElectronic books.StarsMythology.Mythology, Aboriginal Australian.202.12Andrews Munya991175MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454235003321The seven sisters of the Pleiades2268200UNINA