Re: [tied] Re: IE right & 10

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From: andrew_and_inge

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Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 11:53 AM

Subject: [tied] Re: IE right & 10

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "mrcaws" <MrCaws@......> wrote:
> > Perhaps the reason for the adoption of the _Semitic_ word
> for 'seven'
> > per se is a) because the Semites would have been well connected
to
> the
> > Eastern Mediterranean at the time and b) because they might be
the
> source
> > of the numerological cult that perhaps stems from something
> agricultural.
> > (I'm thinking a lot lately about how old the concept of the
> calendar is
> > and whether it has bearing on this symbol of seven.)
>
> Torsten Wrote:
>
> >As is my habit, I will mention
> >Japanese 'subaru'/'suharu'/'sumaru' "the Pleiades, the seven
> >sisters".
>
> Me:
>
> 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