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	Pleiades (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Pleiades Πληιόνης (pleye'-a-deez, also plee'-a-deez), companions of Artemis (ar'-te-mis), were the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas (at'-las) and the sea-nymph Pleione (pleye-oh'-nee) born on Mount Cyllene (seye-lee'-nee).
		The Pleiades were nymphs in the train of Artemis, and together with the seven Hyades were called the Atlantides, Dodonides, or Nysiades, nursemaids and teachers to the infant Bacchus.
		In the Pleiades star cluster only six of the stars shine brightly, the seventh, Merope, shines dully because she is shamed for eternity for having an affair with a mortal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pleiades_(mythology) (578 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Pleiades
		Pleiades (astronomy), in astronomy, loose cluster of 400 to 500 stars, about 415 light-years from the solar system in the direction of the...
		Pleiades (mythology), in Greek mythology, seven daughters of Atlas and of Pleione, the daughter of Oceanus.
		Maia, in Greek mythology, the eldest of the seven Pleiades, the children of Atlas and Pleione.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Pleiades.html (95 words)

	PLEIADES, Greek Mythology Link.
		The stars called PLEIADES in the constellation of Taurus commemorate the PLEIADES, daughters of Atlas and Pleione, daughter of Oceanus.
		This was the second of the PLEIADES to have intercourse with Poseidon.
		This is the one of the PLEIADES who consecrated to Artemis the Cerynitian Hind with the golden horns that Heracles 1 had to fetch.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/PLEIADES.html (576 words)

	Pleiades - Crystalinks
		Accurate knowledge of the distance to the Pleiades allows astronomers to plot a Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram for the cluster, which, when compared to those plotted for clusters whose distance is not known, allows their distances to be estimated.
		It was from this acronychal rising that the Pleiades became associated with tears and mourning.
		In Japan, the Pleiades are a known as Subaru, a tortoise, and have given their name to the car manufacturer. In Chinese constellations, they are f4 mao, the hairy head of the white tiger of the West, while the name of the Hindu God Kartikeya means him of the Pleiades.
	www.crystalinks.com /pleiades.html (1271 words)

	Pleiades - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pleiades (star cluster) - an open cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus;
		Pleiades (mythology) - the seven sisters of Greek mythology;
		Pleiades (volcano group) - a group of volcanoes in Antarctica;
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pleiades (114 words)

	PLEIADES - LoveToKnow Article on PLEIADES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In another account, the Pleiades and their mother met the hunter Orion in Boeotia, and the sight of them inflamed his passion.
		The Pleiades rose in the middle of May and set at the end of October, and their connection with spring and autumn explains the legend.
		As bringers of the fertilizing rains of spring, which have their origin in the west, they are the daughters of Atlas; as the forerunners of the storms of autumn, they are represented as being driven onward by Orion.in pursuit.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PL/PLEIADES.htm (315 words)

	Pleiades (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Pleiades are a dipper-shaped cluster of stars situated in the “shoulder” of the constellation Taurus.
		The Pleiades, a group in the constellation of Taurus (six to seven adjacent stars), is viewed in many parts of the world as maidens who are pursued by men (e.g., hunters).
		The Pleiades is also interpreted as a mother hen with her chickens, especially in Eurasia, where the star Aldebaran, which is located close to the Pleiades, is often included as a part of the constellation.
	www.kitezh.com /sevensisters/pleiades.htm (2289 words)

	Taurus: Bullish on Winter
		The Pleiades and the Hyades, the V shaped star cluster of Taurus' head also have their places in Greek Mythology.
		It is the Pleiades that are pursued by Orion the hunter, the central constellation of winter.
		Pleiades prior measurement was based on photometric or brightness measurements with the stars of the Hyades and other stars of the same type and known brightness and distance.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/bmoler/taurus.htm (833 words)

	Pleiades and Orion
		I could care less about Pleiades or Orion if I were in the condition in which Job found himself, but there is a spiritual teaching that God gave to Job that I want to leave with you in the message this morning.
		When the Pleiades become more visible, it is obvious to the ones who know the stars and know the bright cluster of stars that springtime is coming soon.
		I learned that when the warmth of the Pleiades is shining upon you and the joy and warmth of the summer is yours, you must realize that Orion is on his way.
	www.baptist-city.com /sermons/pleiades.htm (3066 words)

	The Pleiades in mythology \| Pleiade
		As the Pleiades cluster is close to the ecliptic (within 4°) in the constellation of Taurus it is a spring and autumnal 'seasonal' object in both the northern and southern hemispheres.
		The heliacal (near dawn) rising of the Pleiades in spring in the northern hemisphere has from ancient times augured the opening of the seafaring and farming season: while its dawn autumnal setting marked the season's end.
		In an alternative myth, the Pleiades were the virgin companions of Artemis, to the ancient Greeks, the goddess of hunting and the Moon.
	www.pleiade.org /pleiades_02.html (1692 words)

	Alcyone.
		Called "The Central One", Alcyone is the central or main star and also the largest star of the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters; the seven stars which are situated on the shoulder blade of Taurus, the Bull.
		In the Hindu lunar zodiac the Pleiades are the 1st nakshatra, Krittika "The General of the Celestial Armies".
		The word Pleiades also derives from the sister's mythological mother, Pleione, a star that is close to this group.
	www.winshop.com.au /annew/Alcyone.html (1331 words)

	M 45
		According to Greek mythology, the main, visible stars are named for the seven daughters of "father" Atlas and "mother" Pleione: Alcyone, Asterope (a double star), Electra, Maia, Merope, Taygeta and Celaeno.
		The distance of the Pleiades cluster has been newly determined by direct parallax measures by ESA's astrometric satellite Hipparcos; according to these measurement, the Pleiades are at a distance of 380 light years (previously, a value of 408 light years had been assumed).
		As the Pleiades are situated close to the ecliptic (4 degrees off), occultation's of the cluster by the Moon occur quite frequently: This is a very appealing spectacle, especially for amateurs with less expensive equipment (actually, you can observe it with the naked eye, but even the smallest binoculars or telescopes will increase observing pleasure.
	www.messiermarathon.com /new_page_51.htm (582 words)

	The Mythology of the Constellations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		By far, though, we owe the greatest debt to the mythology of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
		The influence of both the Greek and Roman cultures may be plainly seen; the myths behind the constellations date back to ancient Greece, but we use their Latin names.
		Mythology, of course, influenced the naming of many objects in the night sky, not just the constellations.
	www.comfychair.org /~cmbell/myth/myth.html (376 words)

	Pleiades / Photon Belt
		It appears to have become part of a modern mythology which has sprung up around the Pleiades, an open star cluster in the constellation of Taurus the Bull, contrary to current scientific knowledge.
		This mythology seems to be based on a heady mixture of pseudoscience, channelled messages from alleged space entities, biblical prophesy, ignorance and a liberal dose of naivete.
		The Pleiades is a loose cluster of approximately 100 stars with an average age estimated at 78 million years.
	www.geocities.com /Area51/Corridor/8148/pleiades.html (1798 words)

	The Pleiades
		The Pleiades were the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione, and half-sisters of the Hyades, whose mother was Ethra (`bright sky'; a different Ethra than the mother of Theseus).
		The Pleiades were also nymphs in the train of Artemis, and together with the seven Hyades (`rainmakers' or `piglets'; individual Hyad names are not fully agreed upon) were called the Atlantides.
		Some of the Pleiades stars are rapidly rotating, at velocities of 150 to 300 km/sec at their surfaces, which is common among main sequence stars of a certain spectral type (A-B).
	www.eso.org /outreach/eduoff/edu-prog/catchastar/casreports-2004/rep-237/HTML/site.html (3258 words)

	Constellation Scorpius
		Pleiades did not object to his mother boarding his canoe or her bringing seven possessions.
		When the canoe had been lowered into the water, Ligedaner asked her son to load one object after the other in his canoe and gave him instructions as to where to place and fasten each one.
		She turned the canoe around and then jumped with Pleiades into the sea, taking with her the yardarm of the sail.
	www.coldwater.k12.mi.us /lms/planetarium/myth/scorpius.html (797 words)

	Article - Pleiades stars and Mythology - presented by ©NewsFinder.Org - All Rights Reserved
		The stars in the Pleiades are thought to have formed together around 100 million years ago, making them 1/50th the age of our sun, and they lie some 130 parsecs (425 light years) away.
		The Pleiad(e)s were the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione, and half-sisters of the Hyades, whose mother was Æthra (`bright sky'; a different Æthra than the mother of Theseus).
		The Pleiades were also nymphs in the train of Artemis, and together with the seven Hyades (`rainmakers' or `piglets'; individual Hyad names are not fully agreed upon) were called the Atlantides, Dodonides, or Nysiades, nursemaids and teachers to the infant Bacchus.
	www.newsfinder.org /more.php?id=167_0_1_0_M (2079 words)

	Academy Learning Session: Pleiades
		The Pleiades was clearly revered also by the Mayans, who in the area of Chichen Itza knew that the Sun casts a snake-like shadow on the side of the north stairway of the Kukulcan pyramid during the spring equinox.
		The Pleiades occupies a key role in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres during the Equinoxes and Solstices which are established by this Precession.
		The Pleiades is, thus, a marker for the events of heavenly-earth contact and angelic-human overlap, of meetings recorded by the different cultures of the world with almost uncanny accuracy.
	www.keysofenoch.org /html/academy_learning_session__plei.html (1181 words)

	HYADES 1, Greek Mythology Link.
		On his death, the sisters died of their grief and some of them (Phaesyla, Ambrosia, Coronis 1, Eudore 1, and Polyxo 2) were put in the constellation of Taurus between the horns of the bull, being called Hyades (the Suculae) after their brother, whom they grieved.
		The rest of the sisters, who also died of grief although for the death of the HYADES 1, were called PLEIADES, some say because of their number, others because of their mother, and still others for other reasons.
		Also the HYADES 1, who previously were the NYMPHS DODONIDES [see NYMPHS], are called nurses of Dionysus 2, and it is said that they, and not Hermes, delivered the god, when he still was a defenceless child, to Athamas 1's wife Ino, so that she and her husband should rear him.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/HYADES1.html (501 words)

	M45, the Pleiades (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Pleiades are one of the finest and nearest examples of a reflection nebula associated with a cluster of young stars.
		However, even the brightest of the Pleiades stars (Alcyone, apparent visual mag +2.9) is relatively faint and would be inconspicuous (and nameless) if it were not a member of the cluster The faintest named star is Asterope, (V = +5.8), close to the threshold of naked eye visibility.
		More information on the Pleiades can be found on Steve Gibson's excellent web pages dealing with both the science and the mythology of this beautiful cluster of faint stars.
	www.aao.gov.au /images/captions/uks018.html (406 words)

	Special Topics in Folklore and Mythology
		Pleiades Mythology by Steven Gibson provides an overview of the extensive mythology associated with the Pleiades or "seven sisters" star cluster.
		Mythology and Science Fiction is an essay by Christi Malmberg which discusses appearances of ancient history and mythology in modern science fiction and fantasy.
		Science Fiction as the New Mythology is an essay by D. Sagolla II discussing the role of science fiction as the expression of modern mythology.
	www.pibburns.com /mythtopi.htm (2733 words)

	AllRefer.com - Pleiades, in Greek mythology (Folklore And Mythology) - Encyclopedia
		Pleiades, in Greek mythology, seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione.
		According to one legend they were the attendants of Artemis and were changed into stars by the gods when they were pursued by the amorous hunter Orion.
		The lost Pleiad was either Electra 2 or Merope.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/Pleiades2.html (190 words)

	Pleiades -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Bright nebulosity in the Pleiades (M45, NGC 1432), distance 490 light-years.
		in Greek mythology, the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione: Maia, Electra, Taygete, Celaeno, Alcyone, Sterope, and Merope.
		in Greek mythology, the five (or more) sisters of the Pleiades who nursed the infant wine god, Dionysus, and as a reward were made the five stars in the head of the constellation Taurus, the bull.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9060393 (831 words)

	Seven Stars Mythology
		In Greek mythology the seven stars of The Pleiades represented the seven daughters of the god and goddess Atlas and Pleione.
		The constellation of Taurus the bull is close to the Pleiades in the night sky and the six brightest stars of the Pleiades form a pattern not unlike the arrangement of dots painted on the ceiling of the cave.
		Eighteen signs of the zodiac are known from 1000 BC and a clay tablet from the ancient city of Uruk bears a group of symbols: two rows of three stars with the seventh between the rows and to one side.
	www.c.gordon.dial.pipex.com /sevenstars/7Smyth.html (1092 words)

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		The Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is a conspicuous object in the night sky with a prominent place in mythology.
		The Pleiades may have an anticipated lifetime as a cluster of only some 250 million years — after then they will have been dispersed as single (or multiple) isolated stars along their orbital path.
		The Pleiades are the daughters of Atlas seven in number: Electra, Maia, Taygete, Alcyone, Merope, Celaeno, and Sterope.
	www.eso.org /outreach/eduoff/edu-prog/catchastar/CAS2002/cas-projects/italy_pleiades_1 (1498 words)

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