Origin of the Pleiades

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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

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“The mere dances did not afford all the enjoyment the children wished, and a little boy, who liked a good dinner, suggested a feast the next time they met. The food must come from their parents, and all these were asked when they returned home. “You will waste and spoil good victuals,” said one. “You can eat at home as you should,” said another, and so they got noth- ing at all. Sorry as they were for this, they met and danced as before.”

— Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 18 · served from our shelf receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions

North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 18 receipt

Scholars’ trail — 14references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

SiberianHolmberg Siberian 336, 417, 427, 430. – India: Thompson-Balys
ChineseEberhard 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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