Category:Pleiades
From All Skies Encyclopaedia
The Pleiades star cluster, situated close to both the ecliptic and the celestial equator, visible all over the globe, had a practical function in many cultures.
The number of stars given in historical sources varies as follows:
| Name | Culture/ Language | Date/ Epoch | Source | Number of Stars | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orig. | Translit. | Translation | ||||
| 𒀯𒀯 | Old Babylonian
cuneiform sign |
2000 BCE | 6 | |||
| 150 BCE | microzodiac tablet VAT 7851, drawing of the bull | 6+2 | ||||
| कृत्तिका | Kṛttika | Sanskrit | 6 | |||
| Matariki | Maori | 9 | ||||
| MUL.MUL | plural of "star",
deliberately "star cluster" |
1250 to 50 BCE | undetermined multitude | |||
| πλειὰς | Pleias | full, filled | Ancient Greek | 800 BCE to 200 CE | undetermined multitude | |
| Thurayya | Arabic | undetermined multitude | ||||
