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The Pleiades (/ ˈ p l iː. ə d iː z, ˈ p l eɪ-, ˈ p l aɪ-/), [8] [9] also known as Seven Sisters and Messier 45 (M45), is an asterism of an open star cluster containing young B-type stars in the northwest of the constellation Taurus.
The Pleiades' parents were the Titan Atlas [5] and the Oceanid Pleione [6] born on Mount Cyllene. In some accounts, their mother was called Aethra, another Oceanid. [7] Aside from the above-mentioned sisters (the Hyades), the Pleiades' other siblings were Hyas and the nymph Calypso who was famous in the tale of Odysseus.
In Greek mythology, Merope / ˈ m ɛr ə p iː / [1] (Ancient Greek: Μερόπη) is one of the seven Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Pleione, their mother, is the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys and is the protector of sailors. [2] Their transformation into the star cluster known as the Pleiades is the subject of various myths.
Michael Rappenglück of the University of Munich believes that Taurus is represented in a cave painting at the Hall of the Bulls in the caves at Lascaux (dated to roughly 15,000 BC), which he believes is accompanied by a depiction of the Pleiades. [38] [39] The name "seven sisters" has been used for the Pleiades in the languages of many ...
In these stories, the man is called Nyiru [94] or Nirunja, [95] and the Seven Sisters songline known as Kungkarangkalpa. [96] The seven sisters story often features in the artwork of the region. [94] [97] A legend of the Wurundjeri people of south-eastern Australia has it that they are the fire of seven Karatgurk sisters.
Maia is the daughter of Atlas [3] [4] and Pleione the Oceanid, and is the oldest of the seven Pleiades. [5] They were born on Mount Cyllene in Arcadia , [ 4 ] and are sometimes called mountain nymphs , oreads ; Simonides of Ceos sang of "mountain Maia" (Maiados oureias) "of the lovely black eyes."
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In 2019, her painting Seven Sisters won the Wynne Prize awarded by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. [1] The painting is a Creation story about the constellations of Pleiades and Orion. [4] The sisters are the constellation of Pleaides travelling across the night sky to avoid the unwanted attention of Orion, or Nyiru, depicted as an older man ...