[tied] Re: IE right & 10

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "andrew_and_inge" <100761.200@...>
wrote:

> --- 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.
>

On the contrary. The Pleiades come with a long story of a sister who
was lost. That makes both 'six' and 'seven' interesting numbers.
We've discussed this before.

Torsten