Did you know that myths about the Pleiades are the oldest shared stories in the world?
The 7's in ancient scriptures are clues pointing us to the "7 Sisters" of the Pleiades.
Practice: Kachina dances—masked performers embody spirits—sync with Taurus/Pleiades in 10,000 BCE skies (~35°N)—rain linked to cosmic order.
Hopi: Kiva sky-watchers track Pleiades (Taurus)—solstice rites—Younger Dryas impact (10,800 BCE) shifts Thuban—provokes ritual response—flood (9,650 BCE).
Taurus, hosting the equinox then, blazed with Aldebaran and Pleiades—meteors from this region (Taurids today) could streak twice yearly, as Bashar suggests, for a decade (~10,000–9,990 BCE), signaling doom.
Cosmic Awareness: Stories of stars guiding the seasons (e.g., Pleiades in Mapuche cosmology) suggest an astronomical sophistication, possibly inherited from this lost world, paralleling Sangoma or Dogon stellar connections but distinct from Atlantis’s naval focus.
Since the Talmud connects the flood to the removal of two stars from Kimah (Pleiades), it’s possible that ancient sky-watchers saw two large comet fragments moving from that direction toward Earth, giving them a reason to predict an impact.
Bright stars or “new stars” near the Pleiades (Kimah)
If two large comet or asteroid fragments were visible before impact and appeared to originate from the Pleiades (Kimah), the duration of their visibility would depend on several factors:
If the two fragments from Kimah (Pleiades) were large enough:
The myth of the Pleiades as seven sisters transformed into stars to escape Orion originates from Greek mythology and provides a fascinating explanation for the cluster's presence in the night sky.
According to the myth, the Pleiades were seven sisters: Maia, Electra, Taygete, Alcyone, Celaeno, Sterope, and Merope.
Eternal Pursuit: In the sky, the constellation of Orion is positioned near the Pleiades, eternally chasing them but never able to catch them.
Their union produced the Pleiades, a group of seven daughters who were later transformed into stars in the constellation Taurus.
The Pleiades are often associated with navigation and seasonal agriculture.
Mother of the PleiadesThe Pleiades—Maia, Electra, Taygete, Alcyone, Celaeno, Sterope, and Merope—were frequently pursued by Orion, the giant hunter.
Astronomical SignificancePleione herself is commemorated in the night sky, as her name is given to a star in the Pleiades cluster (designated 28 Tauri).
In my research into sky lore on this site, I keep coming back to one Hebrew name: Kimah, the Pleiades in the Talmud.
It names Kimah, weighs it against Orion (Kesil), and, in the Flood stories, says the Holy One removed two stars from Pleiades and brought the waters down.
The Talmud asks why Pleiades is called Kimah.
What is Pleiades [Kima]?
That is the naming beat I want under the phrase Pleiades in the Talmud: Kimah as a crowded cluster, not only a Greek myth label.
The same stretch of Berakhot deals with Job and Amos disagreeing on whether Orion or Pleiades is named first.
Were it not for Orion's heat, the universe could not exist because of the cold of Pleiades; and conversely, were it not for the cold of Pleiades, the universe could not exist because of the heat of Orion.
I map that Pleiades-Orion pairing across cultures on Pleiades and Orion, including a Talmud/Kimah row; this page stays with the Talmud cites themselves.
The unique beat for this page is the Flood story with two stars removed from Pleiades.
When the Holy One, Blessed be He, sought to bring a flood into the world, He took two stars from Pleiades and brought the flood upon the world.
Consequently, the constellation of Ursa Major attempts to persuade Pleiades, seeking to get its stars back.
Rav Pappa said: Until such time that the sharecroppers come in from the field and the stars of Pleiades are stationed over their heads, which occurs roughly during the month of Shevat.
Hebrew Kimah appears in Job 9:9, Job 38:31-32, and Amos 5:8, where JPS renders Pleiades (with Bear / Orion beside it).
Most search results for Pleiades lean on Greek Seven Sisters lore and seasonal folklore.
For Pleiades in the Talmud, I stay with Kimah: naming, climate balance, Flood two stars, and the planting-sky marker.
These supporting pages share Kimah, Pleiades, Flood/Noah, or Orion/Kesil entities (content URLs, not tag archives):
Pleiades and Orion: cultural Pleiades-Orion table with a Talmud/Kimah row.
Was Noah (Nuh) aware of the flood long before it happened: celestial-warning / Kimah-Pleiades flood reading.
What does the Talmud say about the Pleiades?It calls them Kimah, explains the name, balances Kimah's cold with Orion's heat (Berakhot 58b), ties the Flood to two stars taken from Kimah (Berakhot 59a; Rosh Hashanah 11b-12a), and uses Kimah overhead as a planting-season marker (Bava Metzia 106b).
Why were two stars taken from the Pleiades in the Flood story?Berakhot 59a and Rosh Hashanah 11b-12a say the Holy One removed two stars from Kimah and brought the flood.
Is Kimah the same as the Pleiades?In traditional Talmud study and in Sefaria's William Davidson English, Kimah is rendered as Pleiades.
When is Kimah "over their heads" in Bava Metzia?Rav Pappa ties it to sharecroppers coming in from the field with Pleiades stationed overhead, roughly in Shevat.
This was the time which the Talmud states was the setting of the Pleiades below the horizon, when the Holy Land was moved into a "region of terrible cold" for many generations—actually for 5,000 years until Noah’s flood, 6,500 years ago.
Related sky lore sits on Pleiades in the Talmud and Pleiades and Orion.
Pleiades in the Talmud: related Jewish sky lore (Kimah), kept separate from Daniel 3’s furnace scene.
Pleiades and Orion: Pleiades and Orion pairings across cultures.
Accounts from various cultures, including the Zulu, Dogon, Sumerians, Babylonians, Mesoamericans, Native Americans, and First Nations Australians, describe receiving knowledge from beings originating from Sirius and the Pleiades star systems.
Narratives from the Cherokee and Lakota Nations describe assistance from visitors originating in the Pleiades.
The ancient Mayans thought their predecessorscame from the Pleiades, while the Incas said simply that they were the “sons of the sun.” Chinese texts tellof long-lived rulers from the heavens who sailed through the skies in “fire-breathing dragons.” The Dogontribe in Mali, West Africa, tells of space travelers called Nommos, who came to Earth thousands of yearsago from the Sirius star system and gave them detailed information about their world and our solarsystem.
The ancient Mayans thought their predecessorscame from the Pleiades, while the Incas said simply that they were the “sons of the sun.” Chinese texts tellof long-lived rulers from the heavens who sailed through the skies in “fire-breathing dragons.” The Dogontribe in Mali, West Africa, tells of space travelers called Nommos, who came to Earth thousands of yearsago from the Sirius star system and gave them detailed information about their world and our solarsystem.
Her process is supported by cosmic networks, including energies from the Pleiades, Arcturus, and Andromeda.
God made holes in the sky for the waters to issue from by removing two stars from the Pleiades.
That is why the Bear always runs after the Pleiades.
Ahishama became Mars; Wlaha became the Pleiades; Mönettä, the scorpion, became the Big Dipper; and Ihette, One Leg, became Orion's belt.
The Pleiades star cluster, known as the Seven Sisters, appears in numerous global myths.
Guidance from the Pleiades: The participant identifies as having a higher-dimensional aspect from the Pleiadian star system, tasked with aiding Earth’s ascension by raising frequencies.
Key systems and races include Lyra, Vega, Arcturus, Sirius, Pleiades, and others.
His father was from Lyra, and his mother came from the Pleiades.
The dome created by his skill showed Moon and Stars—the Pleiades, Orion, Mars the worshipped one, and other sparks of ether there shone down.
These souls were sent to various star systems, including the Pleiades, and also to Earth.
This period was one of Egypt’s most memorable dynasties, influenced by higher-dimensional star systems such as Sirius, the Pleiades, and Orion.
She discusses how extraterrestrial groups initiated an experiment on Earth to replicate the templates from star systems such as the Pleiades, Sirius, Andromeda, and Arcturus.
He notes the presence of symbols like the crescent moon and the stars of the Pleiades on the naous, which are found in many cultures as symbols of the origin of beings who taught humanity agriculture and civilization.