Their stories on this site reach back just as far: a world dreamed into being, seven sisters running across the sky, and a coastline that the sea took away.
The Pleiades are the seven sisters in the songlines of many Aboriginal peoples.
Seven sisters follows the versions: a male ancestor chases them across the continent from west to east, the eagle-hawk drives them into the sky in the Kimberley, a hunter in Orion pursues them in the Western Desert, and around Lake Eyre a great flood stops him.
On Dreamtime stories of the Seven Sisters, Steven Strong explains why the story matters so much:
On An Aboriginal telling of the Seven Sisters the elder Trudy calls the stories songlines, the memory of a family's blood and history, and in her family's version the sisters came for a water ceremony at a time when drinking water was scarce.
Seven sisters
Dreamtime stories of the Seven Sisters
An Aboriginal telling of the Seven Sisters
Lakota tradition links the Pleiades to the formation of Devils Tower through the story of seven sisters pursued by a bear; the sisters become stars after the rock rises to protect them.
The Pleiades, also called the Seven Sisters, form a bright star cluster with seven visible stars.
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.
Greek tellings talk about Seven Sisters and seasonal calendars.
Most search results for Pleiades lean on Greek Seven Sisters lore and seasonal folklore.
The Pleiadians is the soft foil for Seven Sisters / calendar mythology so this page stays distinct.
The Pleiadians: Seven Sisters foil; keep Talmud cites separate.
The Pleiades star cluster, known as the Seven Sisters, appears in numerous global myths.
The stories often describe seven sisters being chased by a figure represented by the constellation Orion.
In Greek stories, the Pleiades are seven sisters transformed into stars to escape Orion.
These include China, who called them the “Seven Sisters of Industry,” and Greece, who referred to them as the “Seven Daughters of Atlas.”
Constellation Connection: Kryon identifies the Seven Sisters as a constellation known as the Pleiades, which is a star cluster.
Cosmic Family: The Pleiades, or the Seven Sisters, are depicted as part of a broader cosmic family, which includes planets and life forms similar to humans.
The Pleiadians, from the Pleiades star cluster, commonly known as the Seven Sisters, have been a significant feature in the mythologies and folklore of various cultures around the world.
It holds well-known objects such as the Pleiades star cluster, also called the Seven Sisters.
The Pleiades constellation figures in the Dreamings and songlines of Aboriginal Australian peoples, usually referred to as the seven sisters.
The story has been described as “one of the most defining and predominant meta-narratives chronicled in ancient mainland Australia”, which describes a male ancestral being (with names including Wati Nyiru, Yurlu and others) who pursues seven sisters across the middle of the Australian continent from west to east, where the sisters turn into stars.
In the Kimberley region of Western Australia, the eagle-hawk chases the seven sisters up into the sky, where they become the star cluster and he becomes the Southern Cross.
In the Western Desert cultural bloc in central Australia, they are said to be seven sisters fleeing from the unwelcome attentions of a man represented by some of the stars in Orion, the hunter.
The people of around Lake Eyre in South Australia tell how the ancestor male is prevented from capturing one of the seven sisters by a great flood.
The Boonwurrung people of the Kulin nation of Victoria tell the Karatgurk story, which tells of how a crow robbed the seven sisters of their secret of how to make fire, thus bringing the skill to the people on earth.
In another story, told by peoples of New South Wales, the seven sisters are beautiful women known as the Maya-Mayi, two of whom are kidnapped by a warrior, Warrumma, or Warunna.
The Seven Sisters - Greek Mythology - Australian Aboriginal
The Seven Sisters
Contact and Seven Sisters framing for the Pleiadian side is on the Pleiadians.
The Pleiadians: Contact / Seven Sisters page for the alliance quotes.