The Seven Sisters of the Pleiades: Stories from Around the WorldThe seven sisters of the Pleiades are known throughout the world and appear again and again in stories from many cultures. Beginning with her grandmother's tale, Munya Andrews takes the reader to the stars, around and across the planet through Indigenous North America, Australia, Japan and the Pacific, and back through time to Ancient Egypt, India, Greece and South America. She explores the commonalities of legends to discover our common human origins. The Subaru from Japan share much with the young women depicted as birds in the stories from Greece and Indigenous Australia. The Pleiades have been the source of much mythology, wisdom and science over many millennia. The book is also an examination of culture and how culture is expressed through symbols and stories related to stars and other astronomical phenomena. Her work is distinguished from other studies in the field because she brings to it an Indigenous perspective which enriches its interpretative power. No other writer has captured the richness of this mysterious constellation. |
Contents
Seven Daughters of Atlas and Pleione | 61 |
Seven Wives of the Seven Rishis | 171 |
Seven Little Eyes of Heaven | 253 |
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The Seven Sisters of the Pleiades: Stories from Around the World Munya Andrews No preview available - 2004 |
Common terms and phrases
Aboriginal ages Ainu Allen ancient Egypt ancient Egyptians Aotearoa Astronomical Knowledge Atlas Australian Aveni Bandaiyan bear birds Blue Horizon calendar canoe celestial connection constellation cosmic creation cultures cycles daughters Dechend depicted Devils Tower Dictionary of Symbols Dingo Dreaming Dreamtime Earth Goddess gods Graves Greek Myths Hamlet's Mill Hancock Hand Clow Hathor Heaven's Mirror heavens Heracles Hindu human Ibid Indigenous Isis island Japanese Jobes and Jobes Kali Kali Yuga Karttikeya known Krittika Krupp Madame Blavatsky Maori Matariki Mayan means Moon Mother Mystery mythology Native American navigation Ngarrindjeri night skies Orion Outer Space Pleiades Pleiadian Polynesian Pyramid referred relationship represents ritual role root races Sacred Objects Santillana says Secret Doctrine serpent Seven Sisters seven stars Sirius Skywatchers spiritual star cluster Star Names Starlore stars of Ursa story suggests symbolises Symbols and Sacred Tainui Taurus tells temple traditions Ursa Major Woman's Dictionary women Yuga Zeus zodiac