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Author Andrews, Munya.

Title The seven sisters of the Pleiades : stories from around the world / Munya Andrews
Published North Melbourne : Spinifex Press, 2004
2004

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 MELB  202.12 And/Sso  AVAILABLE
 W'PONDS  202.12 And/Sso  AVAILABLE
Description vi, 368 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : coloured illustrations ; 22 cm
regular print
Summary The history, legend and mythology of a star cluster associated with women for aeons of human history. Munya captures the richness of the mysterious constellation Pleiades and explains the recurring significance of these celestial sisters who animate the myths of cultures as diverse as Classical Greece and Aboriginal Australia
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 359-368
Subject Astronomy, Aboriginal Australian.
Aboriginal Australians -- Religion.
Short stories.
Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore.
Stars -- Religion.
Aboriginal Australians -- Astronomy
Stars -- Mythology.
Mythology, Aboriginal Australian.
SUBJECT Pleiades. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85103468
Pleiades http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85103468 -- Mythology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006805
Pleiades http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85103468 -- Folklore. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001556
Genre/Form Short stories.
LC no. 2004445634
ISBN 1876756454 (paperback)
9781876756451 (paperback)