Pleiades as swarm of bees

Motif

Pleiades as swarm of bees.

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 A773.6

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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S. Am. Indian (Chiriguano)Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 483.

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Filed under Origin of the Pleiades.

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Pleiades a princess and six suitors among whom she could not choose Pleiades six repudiated wives. They have been cast out for apparent infidelity Pleiades girls who died of grief Pleiades seven illegitimate children Pleiades from hunters marooned in sky after felling world-tree Two stars from Great Bear constellation transferred to Pleiades

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