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  2. Electra (Pleiad) - Wikipedia

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    No early source mentions their mother, but according to some late accounts she was the Oceanid Pleione. [5] Hyginus ' De astronomia says that Electra and her six sisters were called the Pleiades because, according to the 1st-century BC Greek scholar and historian Alexander Polyhistor , they were the daughters of Pleione. [ 6 ]

  3. Pleiades in folklore and literature - Wikipedia

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    The boy suckles on his mother's breast for 7 years, becomes immensely strong and goes to kill the dragon. He rescues his sister and resurrects his brothers. Milan and Dragoman marry princesses, and the first fathers seven golden-haired children. The children, however, die in their sleep and are elevated to the sky as the Pleiades. [36]

  4. Pleiades (Greek mythology) - Wikipedia

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    In turn, Zeus, the ruler of the Greek gods, immortalized the sisters by placing them in the sky. There these seven stars formed the star cluster known thereafter as the Pleiades. The Greek poet Hesiod mentions the Pleiades several times in his Works and Days. As the Pleiades are primarily winter stars, they feature prominently in the ancient ...

  5. Pleiades - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. Nordic aliens - Wikipedia

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    In ufology and the study of alleged extraterrestrial beings and lifeforms visiting Earth, "Nordics", "Nordic aliens" or "Tall Whites" are among the names given to one of several purported humanoid races hailing from the Pleiades star cluster (i.e., Pleiadians), as they reportedly share superficial similarities with "Nordic", Germanic, or Scandinavian humans. [1]

  7. Hannah is Mel’s eldest. She was born on Nov. 24, 1980, in Australia; the first of her parents’ seven children together. According to People, she worked as a production assistant on her dad’s ...

  8. A mother pleads for Britain’s help in freeing son from ...

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    “Most mothers, if their children are in actual danger, you’re prepared to die.’’ ... but there have been no similar tallies in recent years. In 2019, el-Sissi told the U.S. news program ...

  9. There Are No Children Here - Wikipedia

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    There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America is a 1992 biography by Alex Kotlowitz that describes the experiences of two brothers growing up in Chicago's Henry Horner Homes. It won the Carl Sandburg award. [1]