LEADER 02949nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910821752103321 005 20240418135324.0 010 $a1-74219-462-1 010 $a1-74219-174-6 010 $a1-74219-172-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000693145 035 $a(EBL)410452 035 $a(OCoLC)427507239 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000244561 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11240365 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000244561 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10170457 035 $a(PQKB)10956857 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC410452 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL410452 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10273719 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000693145 100 $a20041007d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe seven sisters of the Pleiades $estories from around the world /$fMunya Andrews 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNorth Melbourne, Vic. $cSpinifex Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (386 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-306-09985-4 311 $a1-876756-45-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 359-368) and index. 327 $aBook 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 327 $aChapter Nine The Pleiades Calendar: Keeping Time with the Seven SistersReferences 330 $aThe 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 606 $aStars$xMythology 606 $aMythology, Aboriginal Australian 615 0$aStars$xMythology. 615 0$aMythology, Aboriginal Australian. 676 $a202.12 700 $aAndrews$b Munya$01688163 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821752103321 996 $aThe seven sisters of the Pleiades$94062171 997 $aUNINA