Pleiades a princess and six suitors among whom she could not choose

Motif

Pleiades a princess and six suitors among whom she could not choose.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The stars. Note: the question of implicit meanings assumed by the proponents of "astralmythology" is not discussed here; only explicit statements in original sources are considered. · Origin of particular stars. · view the constellation · filed as A773.1

Cited in the index

general *Köhler-Bolte I 439f.

Within the index

Filed under Origin of the Pleiades.

Filed beside it

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