[tied] Re: IE right & 10

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "mrcaws" <MrCaws@...> wrote:

>
> > >
> > > I also wonder if the Pleiades are connected(a conspicuous

cluster

> > of
> > > stars that make up part of the constellation Taurus) The

Pleiades

> > > or "the weepers", are in Greek myth the seven daughters of

Atlas

> > and
> > > Pleione. Also known as the seven virgins or the seven stars.
> > > According to the entry on the Pleiades in "Funk and Wagnall's
> > > Standard Mythology of Folklore and Legend":
> > >
> > > "Amlost everywhere in the world the rising of these stars is
> > > significant as marking the beginning of the new year and is
> > > celebrated with feasts, rejoicings and special rites."
> > >
> > > "The Arabs regarded it as a rain-bringing constellation, and

as

> > such
> > > deified it it was so vital to their life concept as to be
> > referered
> > > to as an Najm, The Constellation"
> > >
> > > "The Pleiades has been an important constellation to the

peoples

> > of
> > > both hemispheres since ancient times. It was well known to the
> > early
> > > Hebrews; both Egyptian and Greek temples were oriented to its
> > rising."
> > >
> > > (Cort)
> >
> > Problem with this theory is that different people see different
> > numbers of stars.
> >
> > Andrew
>
> True, although this isn't a problem assuming the terminology

spread

> from one culture or group of cultures that saw seven stars.
>
> Cort

Depends how far you want to disseminate it. West Asia, North Africa
and Europe all came under Mesopotamian influence, and I think they
were the source of both the 7 starred pleidides and the 7 dayed
week, and probably various other "7" things. The question I think
being put was which of these things was the one that clicked and
made 7 important. Did people see 7 stars because 7 was already
sacred for another reason?

Andrew