The constellation
A773 Origin of the Pleiades
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● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
- Origin of particular stars · A770 entry
beneath it
- Pleiades a princess and six suitors among whom she could not choose · A773.1 entry
- Pleiades six repudiated wives. They have been cast out for apparent infidelity · A773.2 entry
- Pleiades girls who died of grief · A773.3 entry
- Pleiades seven illegitimate children · A773.4 entry
- Pleiades from hunters marooned in sky after felling world-tree · A773.5 entry
- Pleiades as swarm of bees · A773.6 entry
- Two stars from Great Bear constellation transferred to Pleiades · A773.7 entry
keeps company
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 18