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Star Lore of All Ages
name | source | |
Herd of camels | Arabians | |
The little ones | ||
A Flame, a Razor | Hindus | |
Seven sisters of Industry | Chinese | |
Seven Sisters | The Bible | |
Seven Stars | ||
A cluster or heap | ||
Booths of the maidens | The Rabbis | |
Flock of Clusterers | Aratos | |
Rock pigeons flying from Orion | Hesiod | |
Atlas-born, Seven Virgins | ||
A Coat of Arms for the merchants | Æschylus | |
Seven Doves | ||
Narrow cloudy train of female stars | Manilus | |
The Rounded Asterism | ||
Virgin Stars | Virgil | |
Vergilæ or Virgins of Spring | The Romans | |
The Baker's peel or shovel | Gælic | |
Young Girls | Australians | |
Wives who shut out their husbands | Hottentots | |
A season | Polynesians | |
Tau | ||
The hoeing stars | South Africans | |
A company of maidens | Solomon Islanders | |
Grandfather | Abipones | |
The Six Stars | S. A. Indians | |
The Dancers | N. A. Indians | |
A Sieve | Finns | |
Mosquito Net | French peasants | |
The Setting Hen | Russians | |
Old wives | Poles | |
Dog baiting a bear | Norse | |
The Close Pack | Welsh | |
Starry Seven, old Atlas’ children | Keats | |
Seven Atlantic Sisters | Milton | |
Hesperides |