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Several of the most prominent male Olympian gods (including Zeus, Poseidon, and Ares) engaged in affairs with the seven heavenly sisters. These relationships resulted in the birth of their children. Maia, eldest [8] of the seven Pleiades, was mother of Hermes by Zeus. [9] Electra, mother of Dardanus [10] and Iasion, [11] by Zeus. [12]
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.
Pleiades, or Seven Sisters, ... a type of bird known as seven sisters in northern India; ... Seven Sisters (colleges), the name given to seven US liberal arts ...
In Indian astronomy and Jyotiṣa (Hindu astrology) the name literally translates to "the cutters". [1] [2] It is also the name of its goddess-personification, who is a daughter of Daksha [3] and Panchajani, and thus a half-sister to Khyati. Spouse of Kṛttikā is Chandra ("moon").
Indian zodiac: 13° 20' - 26°40' Mesha; Western zodiac 7°06' - 20°26' Taurus; 3 Krittika - कृत्तिका an old name of the Pleiades; personified as the nurses of Kārttikeya, a son of Shiva. Pleiades: Lord: Surya (Sun) Symbol: Knife or spear; Deity : Agni, god of fire; Indian zodiac: 26°40' Mesha - 10° Vrishabha
Seven Fairies may refer to: Seven Fairies in Charles Perrault's version of the European tale Sleeping Beauty; Pleiades (Greek mythology), seven daughters of the titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione; Seven Fairies (China), seven celestial sisters from Chinese mythology; Helloi Taret, from Meitei mythology (Manipuri mythology) in Northeast India
In traditional Hindu astronomy, the seven stars of the Big Dipper are identified with the names of Saptarshis. The Saptarshi (Sanskrit: सप्तर्षि, lit. 'Seven sages' IAST: Saptarṣi) are the seven seers of ancient India who are extolled in the Vedas, and other Hindu literature such as the Skanda Purana. [1]
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.