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    Pleiades were thought to have been translated to the night sky as a cluster of stars, the Pleiades, and were associated with rain. The name Pleiades ostensibly...
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    ttukayeɣ ttegmyeɣ tabruq ttelseɣ. When the Pleiades fall, I wake looking for my goatskin bag to drink. When (the Pleiades) rise, I wake looking for cloth/clothes...
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  • Greek: Πληιόνη or Πλειόνη) was an Oceanid nymph in Greek mythology and mother of the Pleiades. Pleione presided over the multiplication of the flocks,...
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    the open star cluster of the Hyades, the Pleiades form the Golden Gate of the Ecliptic. The name, Pleiades, comes from Ancient Greek: Πλειάδες. It probably...
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    In Greek mythology, Merope /ˈmɛrəpiː/ (Greek: Μερόπη) is one of the seven Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Pleione, their mother, is the daughter...
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  • refer to: Pleiades (Greek mythology), seven sisters of Greek mythology The Pleiades (volcano group), a group of volcanoes in Antarctica Les Pléiades, a mountain...
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    Maia (redirect from Maia (mythology))
    spelled Maie, Μαίη; Latin: Maia), in ancient Greek religion and mythology, is one of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes, one of the major Greek gods, by...
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  • Pleiades, or Seven Sisters, a star cluster named for Pleiades (Greek mythology), the seven sisters who are companions of Artemis in Greek mythology Seven...
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    He had many children, mostly daughters, the Hesperides, the Hyades, the Pleiades, and the nymph Calypso who lived on the island Ogygia. The term "atlas"...
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    Celaeno (Pleiad) (category Pleiades (Greek mythology))
    also Celeno or Kelaino, sometimes [misspelled] Calaeno) was one of the Pleiades. Celaeno was the daughter of Atlas and Pleione or Aethra. She was said...
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    In Greek mythology, Electra (/ɪˈlɛktrə/; Greek: Ἠλέκτρα 'amber') was one of the Pleiades, the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione. She lived on the island...
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    steropē, lightning), also called Asterope (Ἀστερόπη), was one of the seven Pleiades. Asterope was the daughter of Atlas and Pleione, born to them at Mount...
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  • constellation Pleiades was of particular importance to the Navajo people. Not only was the celestial body ingrained in their mythology, but it served...
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  • B.C.), corresponding to the seven stars of the Pleiades star cluster. Notable members of "La Pléiade" consisted of the following people: Pierre de Ronsard...
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    is mostly unnamed, but Hyginus wrote that it was Pleione, mother of the Pleiades. Hesiod, and the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, mention either a different Calypso...
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    Hyades (rain nymphs), and the Pleiades (companions of Artemis). Nymphs featured in classic works of art, literature, and mythology. They are often attendants...
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  • four movements; on the other hand, it refers to a myth in Greek mythology: the Pleiades are the seven daughters of Pleione and Atlas even though the greatest...
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    Post (Boston: Ginn & Co., 1908) Purcell, N., Places: 432925 (Marica), Pleiades. Retrieved July 6, 2020. Rose, H. J., A Handbook of Greek Literature (London:...
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  • gives their parents as Hyas and Boeotia. The Hyades are sisters to the Pleiades and the Hesperides. Their number varies from three in the earliest sources...
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    Ancient Greek: Ἀλκυόνη, romanized: Alkyóne), in Greek mythology, was the name of one of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione or, more rarely, Aethra...
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    In Greek mythology, Io (/ˈaɪ.oʊ/; Ancient Greek: Ἰώ [iːɔ̌ː]) was one of the mortal lovers of Zeus. An Argive princess, she was an ancestor of many kings...
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    Titans (redirect from Titans (mythology))
    In Greek mythology, the Titans (Ancient Greek: οἱ Τῑτᾶνες, hoi Tītânes, singular: ὁ Τῑτᾱ́ν, -ήν, ho Tītân) were the pre-Olympian gods. According to the...
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  • September 14, 2012, from link. Schulz, T. (2005). Mask of the Black God:The Pleiades in Navajo Cosmology. National center for case study teaching in science...
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  • proper rendering support, you may see errors in display. Meitei mythology (or Manipuri mythology) (Meitei: Meitei Mi Lai Tingi Wari) is a collection of myths...
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  • Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Maia /ˈmaɪ.ə/ is the eldest of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, also identified with an Ancient Italic goddess of spring. Maia...
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    Celaeno (category Pleiades (Greek mythology))
    sometimes Calaeno) referred to several different figures. Celaeno, one of the Pleiades. She was said to be mother of Lycus and Nycteus, of King Eurypylus (or...
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    about the origin of the heavenly bodies (Sun and Moon, but also Venus, the Pleiades, the Milky Way); the mountain landscape; clouds, rain, thunder and lightning;...
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    main stars of the Pleiades star cluster in the western astronomical tradition, and the Pleiades, seven sisters in the Greek mythology. There are five classes...
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    In Greek mythology, Kratos, also known as Cratus or Cratos, is the divine personification of strength. He is the son of Pallas and Styx. Kratos and his...
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  • and Tethys. She is sometimes called the wife of Atlas and mother of the Pleiades, Hyades (more usually the offspring of Pleione) and Hyas. Aethra (possibly...
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