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Motif

Origin of the Pleiades.

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

Attested across traditions
Filed across the traditions
  • Siberian Holmberg Siberian 336, 417, 427, 430. – India: Thompson-Balys
  • Chinese Eberhard FFC CXX 56. – N. Am. Indian: *Thompson Tales 291 n. 71
  • general *Andree Ethnographische Parallelen (1878) 106
  • general Frazer Ovid III 197 n. 4
  • general *Basset RTP XXIII 396 and references to earlier volumes
  • general *Dh II 83
  • general Frazer Golden Bough VII 307ff.
  • general *Fb "syvstjærne"
  • general *Handwb. d. Abergl. IX N. 687f. – Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 29
  • general (Blackfoot) Alexander N. Am. 96
  • general (California) Gayton and Newman 65
  • general S. Am. Indian (Tarahumare and Tepehuane): Alexander N. Am. 176
  • general (Chaco, Pampean): Alexander Lat. Am. 323
  • general (Amazon) ibid. 306. – aori: Clark 106, 178. – Eskimo (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 173. – Africa: Werner African 229.
Within the index

Filed under Origin of particular stars.

7 finer motifs beneath it
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 Pleiades as swarm of bees Two stars from Great Bear constellation transferred to Pleiades
Filed beside it
Origin of the Great Bear (Ursa Major) Origin of Orion Origin of the North Star. (Cf. A702.3.) Origin of Hyades Origin of constellation Lyra. Greek (Orpheus's lyre) Origin of constellation Scorpio Origin of the Milky Way Origin of stars – miscellaneous
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Escape to the stars. Fugitives rise in the air and become stars. (Cf. R324.)

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