The name Pleiades comes from Greek mythology ; it has several meanings in different cultures and traditions.

The rising of the Pleiades is mentioned in the Ancient Greek text Geoponica.

The nine brightest stars of the Pleiades are named for the Seven Sisters of Greek mythology: Sterope, Merope, Electra, Maia, Taygeta, Celaeno, and Alcyone, along with their parents Atlas and Pleione.

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* Maia ( mythology ), the eldest of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, also identified with an Ancient Italic goddess of spring and the most beautiful

In Greek mythology, the Hyades were the five daughters of Atlas and half-sisters to the Pleiades.

In Greek mythology, King Oenomaus ( or Oinomaos, Oenamaus ) of Pisa, the father of Hippodamia, was the son of Ares, either by the naiad Harpina ( daughter of the river god Phliasian Asopus, the armed ( harpe ) spirit of a spring near Pisa ) or by Sterope, one of the Pleiades, whom some identify as his consort instead.

This genus is named after Pleione, mother of the Pleiades ( in Greek mythology ) and comprises about 20 species.

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It was discovered by Horace Tuttle on April 9, 1861, and named after Maia, one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology.

In Greek mythology, Maia ( or ; ; ) is one of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes.

As Maia and the Pleiades are visible in the winter night sky along with the constellation Orion, the Greek myths tell of Maia and her sisters being pursued by the giant huntsman, and turned into doves to preserve their safety.

The Pleiades ( or ; Greek:, Modern ), companions of Artemis, were the seven daughters of the titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione born on Mount Cyllene.

The Greek poet Hesiod mentions the Pleiades several times in his Works and Days.

* Pleiades ( Greek mythology ), the seven sisters of Greek mythology

A fundamental effort in this translation was the application of Greek mythic nomenclature to designate individual stars, both asterisms like the Pleiades and Hyades, and the constellations.

The Pleiades ( Krittika ) are particularly revered in Hindu mythology as the six mothers of the war god Murugan, who developed six faces, one for each of them.

In Aztec mythology, maize ( which was called Cintli in Nahuatl, the Aztec spoken language ) was brought to this world by Quetzalcoatl and it is associated with the group of stars known commonly today as the Pleiades.

* Seven sisters who became the Pleiades ( star cluster ) in the mythology of some Aboriginal tribes in Australia

* Atlas ( star ), a triple star system in the Pleiades cluster

The biblical Book of Job ( dating to the 6th to 4th century BC ) also makes reference to a number of constellations, including " bier ", " fool " and " heap " ( Job 9: 9, 38: 31-32 ), rendered as " Arcturus, Orion and Pleiades " by the KJV, but ` Ayish " the bier " actually corresponding to Ursa Major.

* Orion & Pleiades ( symphonic work ), 1984 piece for cello and orchestra by Toru Takemitsu

Under the Trumpler scheme, the Pleiades are classified as I3rn ( strongly concentrated and richly populated with nebulosity present ), while the nearby Hyades are classified as II3m ( more dispersed, and with fewer members ).

* Pleiades ( star cluster ), in Japanese

One of the few star groups mentioned in the Bible ( Job 9: 9 ; 38: 32 ; — Orion and the Pleiades being others ), Ursa Major was also pictured as a bear by the Jewish peoples.

In theosophy, it is believed the Seven Stars of the Pleiades focus the spiritual energy of the Seven Rays from the Galactic Logos to the Seven Stars of the Great Bear, then to Sirius, then to the Sun, then to the god of Earth ( Sanat Kumara ), and finally through the seven Masters of the Seven Rays to the human race.

230, Verses 8 – 11 ): " Contesting against Abhijit ( Vega ), the constellation Krittika ( Pleiades ) went to " Vana " the Summer Solstice to heat the summer.

In astronomy, the Pleiades ( or ) or Seven Sisters ( Messier object 45 or M45 ), is an open star cluster containing middle-aged hot B-type stars located in the constellation of Taurus.

Some proper nouns occur in plural form ( optionally or exclusively ), and then they refer to groups of entities considered as unique ( the Hendersons, The Azores, the Pleiades ).

* Maia ( star ), the third brightest star in the Pleiades open star cluster

It therefore lacks a Messier number, unlike many other, more distant open clusters – e. g., M44 ( Praesepe ), M45 ( Pleiades ), and M67.

* Pleione ( star ), a star belonging to the Pleiades star cluster

** Another name for Sterope ( Pleiad ), one of the Pleiades

Emathion was king of Samothrace, was the son of Zeus and Electra ( one of the Pleiades ), brother to Dardanus, Iasion, Eetion, and ( rarely ) Harmonia.

Karttikeya or Skanda, the leader of the heavenly armies, who was supposed to have been fostered by the six Knittikas or Pleiades ; and Ganesha ( lord of troops ), the elephant-headed god of wisdom, and at the same time the leader of the dii minorum gentium.

; West: The White Tiger ( Autumn equinox )— Mǎo ( Hair 昴 ), η Tauri ( the Pleiades )

), corresponding to the seven stars of the Pleiades star cluster.

*** The Pleiades ( cant., Whitman ), op. 107, SATB, tpt, str, 1967

The circular plate is interpreted as either the Sun or the full Moon, the crescent shape as the crescent Moon ( or either the Sun or the Moon undergoing eclipse ), and the dots as stars, with the cluster of seven dots likely representing the Pleiades.

* Electra ( Pleiad ), one of the Pleiades

* Alcyone ( η Tauri ), a blue-white ( B-type ) giant, the brightest star in the Pleiades.